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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right hand, while the left is extended to take up some white
and red roses. A freely-painted picture.—See p. 134.
3 ft. 5 in. by 2 ft. 8 in.—C.
Now in the collection of Earl Spencer, at Althorp.
A portrait of the preceding Countess was sold in the collection of
Sir Peter Lely, in 1680, for 33l.

508. Portrait of the preceding lady, with the face repre-
sented in a three-quarter view, and her dress composed of dark-
coloured silk with full sleeves, lined with orange-coloured silk,
and a brown scarf ssoating in the wind ; the right hand is placed
on the edge of a vase of ssowers, and the left is pointing to the
plant.
4>ft. 2 in. by 3 ft. 4 in.—C.
Engraved by Lombart; and by T. Wright, in Lodge's Memoirs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1820.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Egremont, at Petworth.
Daliaway mentions a portrait os the preceding lady, which was
given by herself to Waller. This he states to be at Beaconsfield.

509- Portrait of William Cavendish, Duke of Newcastle,
when about thirty-eight years of age, with light hair, smoothed
down on the forehead, a tuft of beard on the chin, and mus-
tacheos. The dress is composed of a black silk vest with open
sleeves, showing the white linen linings, a short cloak, and a
broad and very rich lace frill covering the shoulders, with
ruffles to match. The right hand falls gracefully by the side,
and the left is placed on the hip. An admirably-matured
picture.
7ft. by 4ft. 2 in.—C.
Now in the collection of Earl Spencer, at Althorp.
There is a print of the bust of the preceding gentleman, engraved
in an oval, with emblematical embellishments, by G. Vertue, from
a picture then in the collection of the Earl of Oxford.
A portrait of the above nobleman is quoted by Daliaway, as being
in the collection of the Duke of Portland, at Welbeck; a third (by
the same) at Holyrood House; a fourth is in the collection of