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 5) (London: Smith and Son, 1834)

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206. A Mountainous Landscape, with a lofty rugged hill
on the right, at the side of which are a woman and child
(nearly naked), lying asleep, and another woman seated near
them, with her back to the spectator ; a cow and six goats are
browsing around them. Engraved by Visscher.

207. Watering Cattle. A landscape, with a pond in front,
in which a traveller is watering his horse, and a herdsman,
three cows. The stream is traversed by a rustic bridge, over
which a man, followed by a dog, is passing. Engraved by
Dankerts, and also by Nee, entitled VAbreuvoir.

208. The Craw-fish Catchers by Moonlight. A hilly land-
scape, represented under the appearance of moonlight. On
the fore-ground are two men in a stream, with blazing reeds
in their hands, catching craw-fish ; a third, with a bundle
of reeds at his back, is on the bank, talking to a man
and a woman on horseback ; and close to the front stands
an ass, laden with panniers. Engraved by Dankerts, and
also by Nee.
209- A Woody Landscape, on the fore-ground of which is
seated a woman, with a basket on her arm ; her attention is
directed towards a herdsman standing near a cow; three sheep
are reposing on one side of them, and a cow on the other.
Engraved by White.
210. The Gipsy Fortune Teller. Amongst a great variety
of persons distributed along the front-ground is an elegant
young lady, having her fortune told by a gipsy woman, with a
child at her back; nearer the side and front are three men,
seated on the ground. A high hill, surmounted by buildings,
extends along the middle distance, and near its termination
rises a lofty beacon-tower. Engraved by P. Laurent, entitled
La Bohemienne,