Smith, John: A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters: in which is included a short biographical notice of the artists, with a copious description of their principal pictures : a statement of the prices at which such pictures have been sold at public sales on the continent and in England; a reference the the galleries and private collections in which a large portion are at present; and the names of the artists by whom they have been engraved; to which is added, a brief notice of the scholars & imitators of the great masters of the above schools (Part 3) (London: Smith and Son, 1831)

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316. The Horses of Achilles. A spirited gray horse, seen
in a fore-shortened view, appears to have just bounded to the
front of a meadow; a second horse, of a brown colour, is in
the middle distance; and in the top corner, to the left, is the
head of a cherub. A Latin quotation is in the corner of the
picture.
3ft. Qin. by 2 ft. 10 m.—C.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1795. .... 95 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1815.
Now in the collection of Lord Farnborough.
This masterly-finished study formerly belonged to M. Delme.
317. A noble gray Horse with a long ssowing mane, repre-
sented in a fore-shortened view. A study from nature, done
with prodigious power and masterly freedom of hand.
2 st. 8 in. by 2 st. 3 in—C.
Collection of Sir Abraham Hume, Bart.

318. Portraits of an Artist and two other persons. The
principal figure is erroneously styled Rubens ; he is apparently
about twenty-five years of age, having dark bushy hair, with a
small beard and mustacheos; the body, which is enveloped in
a black mantle, inclines to the left, leaning the arm on a table,
while the right hand hangs down by the side, and by its posi-
tion denotes that the individual is speaking to a gentleman, who
is seen in a profile view, leaning on the table; on the farther
side of these persons is a man holding a figure in his arms.
3 ft. 9 in. by 3 ft. 9 in.—C.
Engraved by J. H. Robinson.
Collection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1794 140 gs.
Now in the National Gallery.
This picture is said to have been greatly esteemed by Sir
Joshua Reynolds, but for what peculiar properties beyond its com-
position the Writer is at a loss to know, and frankly consesses,
that the only inducement for entering it in this catalogue is, that it
was once possessed and prized by that ornament of the English
School.