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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673. A merry Toper, seated on a block of wood, playing on
a little fiddle; an old tub serves for a table, on which are a jug
and a paper of tobacco. In an adjoining room are two boors,
at a sire ; and a third is looking into the room from a little win-
dow, behind the fiddler.
Now in the Munich Gallery.
674. The Interior of a Room, with a party of three boors
enjoying their pipe and pot; the nearest of them to the specta-
tor is seated, stripped to his shirt, and his jacket hangs on the
back of his chair; a second is also seated, close to a little table,
on which is a dish of embers; the third stands behind, pressing
the tobacco in his pipe.
Now in the Munich Gallery.
675. The Interior of a Barn or Grange. On the right is a
man, in a bluejacket and red cap, apparently in conversation
with a woman, who extends her right hand as if she were
pointing to some object. On the opposite side is a broom
leaning against a tub.
6s in. by 8| in.—Cop.
Now in the collection of George Morant, Esq.
676. A Card-Party, composed of a woman and three men,
at a little table ; the former, dressed in a green bodice and
reddish skirt, sits on the right; while her adversary, a young
man, is placed on the opposite side, and is in the act of drawing
a card from his hand. A fifth person stands near the wall, with
his back to the spectator.
9 J in. by 1ft. 1| in.—P.
Now in the possession of Thomas Emmerson, Esq.
677. A Cattle-Market. The subject exhibits an extensive
view over an open country, interspersed with villages; the fore-
ground is animated by a number of peasants and herds of cattle.
In the centre of the fore-ground is a chapman concluding a bar-