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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11. The Dispatches. The subject represents an officer of
rank, seated, writing a letter on a drum head, for which a
trumpeter, very richly dressed, appears to be waiting. A large
doff is crouched near the officer’s feet,
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1st. 8 in. by 1 st. 3 in.—C.
Collection of M. Braamcamp, . . 1771. • lOOOj/o. 901.
A picture agreeing with the above description was sold in the
collection of John Webb, Esq. in 1821, for 155 gs.
A picture, of a similar composition to the preceding, but in which
the officer is writing a letter on a table covered with a Turkey
carpet, and his hat and feathers lie by his side, is now in the
collection of Henry Philip Hope, Esq. Engraved by Burnett.
1st. 10in. by 1ft. 5 in.—C.
A third picture, being a repetition of the same composition,
with variations in the accessorial parts, is now in the possession of
J. B. Coulson, Esq>
iy7. 8| in. by 1 ft. in.—C.
A sourth picture, representing the same subject, and similarly
composed, is now in the collection of D. W. Acraman, Esq, Valued
by him at 250 gs.
A fisth picture, agreeing exactly with the first description, is in the
Dresden Gallery.
1ft. 10 in. by 1st. 4| in.

12. La Sante Portee. A lady, dressed in a white satin gown
embroidered with gold lace, and a black silk kerchief, seated at
a table, drinking a glass of wine, holding, at the same time, a
letter in her hand. Upon the table, which is covered in part
with a Turkey carpet, are a china jug and a silver candlestick.
Engraved by Chevellet, and also in the Choiseul Gallery.
Collection of M. Van Hemskirk, Amst. 1749. . 311 fo. 28l.
A picture corresponding in description with the preceding, was
sold in the collection of the Countess os Holderness, 1802, for 54sss.
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13. Companion. La Sante Rendue. A lady, attired in a
similar dress to the preceding, seated, drinking a glass of wine,