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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right, are a gentleman in a scarlet dress, on a gray horse,
and a lady on a sorrel palfrey, with a hawk on her hand:
near them are two sportsmen, crouching on the ground by
the side of a reed fence. The attention of the party is
directed to two men in an adjoining field, who are drawing
nets over a covey of birds. This is a freely painted picture.
Now in the Bridgewater collection, Lord Francis Egerton.

285. A Party Returning from the Chase. The view
exhibits a well-wooded country, with a large hill on the left,
surmounted by some extensive Roman ruins. Near a cluster
of lofty trees on the opposite side, are two ladies and two
gentlemen; one of the former, elegantly attired, is on a white
mule, the other lady is close behind her on horseback, and
the gentlemen ride bay and roan horses: they are accompanied
by two huntsmen on foot, an ass laden with two dead fawns,
and several couple of dogs. The breezy freshness of an
autumnal evening prevails. Signed, and dated 1655.
2/Z. 2^ in. by 2 ft. S^in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Earl os Ashburnham.

286. A Landscape, with Cattle and Figures. The com-
position is distinguished by a woman, wearing a blue mantle,
kneeling to milk a goat; a brass bowl stands by her, in which
a puppy is lapping, and behind her is a herdsman, leaning on
the back of an ass, while an elderly man is busy with a ewe
which is suckling its lamb. Three more sheep and a dog are
in the composition. This picture is painted in the artist’s free
and spirited manner.
10|u2. by 1ft. ^in.—P.
Now in the collection of Charles Brind, Esq.

287. A Landscape, representing a Wild and Rocky
Country. On the fore-ground is a peasant on horseback,