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, is entering at the door of the court, near which is a ninth
villager.
I0|m. by 14 m.—P. Worth 150 gs.
Engraved by J. Fittler.
Now in the Bridgewater Collection—Lord Francis Leveson Gower.

662. A Village Kermiss. The jovial scene is represented as
passing in the fore-ground of a Landscape; the company-
consists of about seventy-six persons; many of them are dis-
posed round a long table, enjoying the exhilarating tankard,
while others have commenced the merry dance; of these two
couple have formed a ring, and are gaily footing it to the
music of a fiddle and a bass-viol, the former played by a
young man mounted on a tub. In the centre, and close to the
front, is an old man, in a blue jacket, with a stick in his hand,
on whose right is a group, near the table, consisting of a
woman, with a child in her arms, three men, and two children.
On the opposite side are a bed, and a great variety of culinary
utensils, scattered on the ground. A boarded fence separates,
in part, the fore-ground from some trees and three cottages,
occupying the right of the picture. In the distance is seen the
chateau of the painter, and a company of ladies and gentlemen
near it. The beauty of a fine summer’s day gives a charm to
the happy meeting. This is a work of first-rate excellence and
beauty.
%st. 1 in. by 2st. Asin.—C. Worth 1400Z.
Engraved, by Le Bas, in large and small, under the title of Les
Accords Flamands; and also by W. Finden.
This picture was sold with a Companion, described No. 57, in the
collection of the Marquis de Brunoy, in 1777, for 11,000 fs. 440k
Now in the Bridgewater Collection—Lord Francis Leveson Gowrer.

663. A Village Marriage Feast. The festive meeting is
composed of about thirty-four persons, assembled in a court,
divided, by a boarded fence, from a large cottage, standing near
the centre of the view, with a tree at its side. A little retired