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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479- A merry Toper, wearing a red cap decked with a
feather and a gray jacket, seated, holding a large pitcher in his
arms, and looking good-humouredly round to the spectator ; his
comrade stands on the farther side of a little table, on which is
a pot of embers. The figures are seen to the middles.
6| in. by 5| in.-—P. Worth 25 gs.
Now in the collection of George Morant, Esq.
480. An Old Lady, seated in a chair, with a dog in her lap,
smelling a pink.
Collection of G. W. Taylor, Esq. . 1823.50 gs.
481. An Old Man playing on a bag-pipe; and another,
standing behind him, singing a ballad.
Collection of G. W. Taylor, Esq. . 1823.40 gs.
482. The Deluge. The composition consists of a great
number of figures, distributed into various groups, each repre-
senting some painful occurrence connected with the awful event.
The greatest portion of the country is submerged in water, and
the dark and rolling clouds offer no hope to the struggling suf-
ferers of any cessation of the overwhelming deluge.
1 ft. 5 in. by 1st. 11 in.—Cop.
This picture was formerly in the collection of Alexander Baring,
Esq. and sold at Mr. Stanley’s, in 1824, for.60gs.
483. The Interior of an Estaminet, in which is a company
of thirteen persons; in front is a group of five men, two of
whom are playing at cards, the others are looking on ; beyond
them, and towards the left, is a boor, extended at full length on
a form ; the other figures are dancing, drinking, &c. A dog
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and various other accessories complete the composition.
1ft. Gin. by 2 ft. 1 in.-—P.
The colouring of this picture is brown and indifferent, and the
touch feeble ; the evidence of age and tremulousness.
Collection of Prince Galitskin, Paris, 1825. . 5800fs. 2321.
Now in the collection of M. Boursault.

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