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 4) (London: Smith and Son, 1833)

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sits on the table: a page is bringing in resreshments, &c. and
a spaniel is jumping up against the lady.
2st. by 1ft. 5^in.—P.
Collection of M. Tronchien, . . 1801. . 3920fs. 1571.
55. The Drowsy Landlady. The subject is composed of three
figures, and represents a portly woman, dressed in a scarlet
gown and a white apron, dozing in an arm-chair, apparently
aster the enjoyment of a glass and a pipe ; while in this state of
abstraction, her sonorous breathings appear to have excited the
notice of two gentlemen, one of whom is tickling her bosom
with the end of his tobacco-pipe, and the other stands behind
her chair smiling at the joke. A table, covered with a Turkey
carpet, on which are a slate, a tankard, and other objects, stands
by her, and a fine spaniel is on the opposite side. The figures
are seen to the knees.
1 st. 3 in. by 1 ft. 1 in.—P.
This beautiful production is distinguished by delicate execution,
added to vigorous colouring and effect. Noticed by Descamps in
La Vie des Peintres, and styled La Belle Dormeuse.
Collection of Greffier Fagel, . . 1801. 158gs.
--- Willett Willett, Esq. 1813.llSgs.
Now in the collection of W. D. Acraman, Esq. Bristol.
56. A View, in the back court of a house and its adjacent
sheds, of a most picturesque appearance. A woman, occupied
examining a child’s head, is seated at the door of the house,
and near the shed is a man grinding a sickle, while another
stands by, looking on. An old chair and a variety of objects
are distributed about the court. Engraved in the Choiseul
Gallery, under the name of Terburg.
2 ft. 3 in. by 1 ft. 10 in.—C.
The freedom of the handling, together with the colour, and the
style of the drawing, induces the Writer to place it in the list of this
master’s works, rather than those os Terburg, to whom it has been
improperly attributed.