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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hand. A jug and a glass are on a little table before them.
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An old woman, with a plate in her hand, is seen entering at a
side-door.
Engraved by Le Bas, under the title of Le Fluteur.
584. A Village Fete. The mirthful scene is represented in
the court of a guinguette (or country ale-house) ; amongst an
assemblage of peasantry (thirty in number), and in front, are
two couple dancing to the music of a bag-pipe, played by an
old man, standing on the top of a tub apart from the company,
on the left; a number of peasants are also ranged at the side of a
boarded fence, and under a pent at the side of the house.
9 in. by 1st. 1 in.-—P.
Engraved by Le Bas, under the tide of Sixieme Fete de Village.
Formerly in the collection of M. de Boudouin, 1772.

585. An Interior, with a company of five boors, forming one
group, on the left and front of a partition ; the nearest of them
stands with his back to the spectator, holding a jug in one hand
and raising his glass to the full extent of his arm with the other.
On the opposite side is the landlord, drawing a jug of liquor.
Engraved anonymous.
586. A Chemist’s Laboratory. The operator (an old man,
with a gray beard, seated in an arm-chair) is blowing the fire
under a retort; in the back of the room is a man standing, with
a bottle in his hand ; another is seated, beating something in a
mortar ; these two are overlooked by a man from a little window
above. Three books and three crucibles lie on the ground, in
front; and a variety of chemical apparatus are about the place.
1ft. 2 in. by 10| in.
Engraved by Major.
587. A Chemist’s Laboratory. In this picture the operator
(a young man) is seen standing before a furnace, blowing under
a crucible, near which is a retort; two open books and an hour-