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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appears to be about to take a jug, in order to fill a glass. The
figures are seen to the knees.
1st. l|m. by —C.
Now in the Musee at Amsterdam.
92. The Sportman’s Present. A lady, dressed in a scarlet
jacket bordered with ermine, seated, having a lace cushion on
her lap, and her right arm upon a table covered with a Turkey
carpet, upon which stands a little spaniel; her attention at the
same time is directed towards a sportsman, who sits on her left,
in the act of presenting her a brace of partridges ; he is accom-
panied by a fine setter dog. A gun, a pouch, and a dead duck,
lie on the floor in front; and upon the top of a cabinet, which
stands behind the lady, is placed a figure of Cupid. This
picture is of admirable quality.
1 ft. 7^in. by 1ft. 6| in.—P.
Now in the collection of M. Goh, de Frankenstein.
93. The Interior of a Room, in which the artist has intro-
duced a portrait of himself as a cavalier, wearing a slouched
hat, a brown coat, and scarlet bottikins; he is seated, leaning
on a table, with a pot of embers in one hand and a pipe in the
other, his attention being at the same time directed to a female
(his wife), who stands on his left, in the act of taking a silver
tankard off a box, placed on a table; three cards and a
broken pipe lie on the ground in front; a chimney, and various
objects, fill up the back-ground. Painted in the artist's brown
manner.
1 st. in. by 1 st. | in.—P.
Now in the possession of Mr. Oppenheim.
94. The Intruder. The Interior of a bed-chamber, hung
with gilt leather, in which are two ladies, a maid-servant, and
a cavalier: one of the former, wearing a green velvet jacket
bordered with ermine, is seated by the side of a window on the
right; she appears to be occupied arranging her hair, and holds
a comb in her hand, which rests on a table covered with a