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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attention at the same time is arrested by the approach of a
female domestic, with a dish of fish, which she appears to have
received from a woman, who stands without the door of the
room : a cradle, with a brown mantle lying on it, stands in front;
a screen, various pictures, and other objects, complete the fur-
niture of the apartment.
2/Z. 71 in. by 2ft. 9| in.—C.
Now in the possession of Mr. Artis.

40. The Interior of a Room, with two large windows at the
back, the lower parts of which are darkened: near the middle
of the apartment is a lady seated, with her back to the spectator,
engaged reading a book; on the left front stands a chair, with a
dish of fruit on it; farther is a chest, covered with a green baize ;
and on the ssoor lie a pair of lady’s slippers. The room is illu-
mined with a feeble ray of sunshine, which produces an illusory,
though not a powerful effect. Drawn in lithography, by Piloti.
2 ft. 3% in. by 1st. 11| in.—C.
Now in the Munich Gallery. Worth 200g«.

41. The Interior of a Room, in front of which is seated a
lady, engaged reading a paper, which a man, who stands before
her, appears to have just given her; at the same time a female
servant, with a glass and jug in her hands, is seen approaching
from a door on the right, through which is seen a passage, with
a. window in it: the whole is agreeably illumined by another
window, having a red curtain at the side.
2 ft. in. by 2 ft. 9 in.—C.
Collection of Prince Beauharnois, Munich, 1826. Worth 350 gs.

42. A View in a Garden at the back of a house, with a path
in front of it, on which are a woman and child.
2 st. 4 in. by 1st. 10 in.—C. (about.)