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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324. A Farrier shoeing an Ox. Two men occupied
shoeing the hind foot of a red ox, while a woman stands
close to them with a distaff in her hand. A cow of a mouse
colour, and a sheep, are lying down together, and a goat
stands near them. A dark picture.
1ft. l|m. by 1 ft. 4 in.—P.
Now in the Gallery at Hesse Cassel.

325. The braying Ass. On the fore-ground of a richly
woocsed landscape are two young women, one of whom is
mounted on a mule, and, by the motion of her hands, is
conversing with the other, who is by her side, with a distaff'
and spindle in her hands; they are driving towards the
front a cow, two asses (one of which is braying), a goat,
and five sheep. A stream of water traverses the opposite
side, on the farther bank of which are two women washing
clothes. Engraved by C. P. M.

326. A Woman Milking a Goat, and a Bag-piper. The
view exhibits an open country, traversed on one side by
a river, crossed by a bridge, having two old towers on its
abutments, and on the opposite side some rising ground,
partially clothed with trees. In the centre of the fore-ground
are three cows, two of which are lying down, with a sheep
by their side: a lamb and a sheep are on the margin of
the river, and on the opposite side is a woman milking a
goat, and a child standing by her, drinking out of a bowl:
on a bank beyond them is seated a man playing on a pipe.
Engraved by C. P. M.

327. The braying Ass and Bag-piper. The landscape
offers a fertile scene, with a river winding through it, and
ssowing across the front-ground. In the centre are a man