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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39. Hagar and Ishmael. A landscape, in which is introduced
the subject of the Angel appearing to Hagar in the desert:
she is represented kneeling upon a bundle of clothes, and
giving her child drink. The figures are of the size of life.
6 st. by 4ft. 6| in.—C.
Collection of M. P. V. Locquet, Amst. 1 783. . 1000^5. 90Z.
40. A Huntsman dismounted from a gray horse, tying
two rabbits together, while his two dogs are resting near him.
The view represents a barren scene.
9 in. by 7 in.—Cop. (about.)
Collection of M. de Calonne, . . 1784. . llOOyb 44Z.
The preceding is perhaps the same which was sold in the
collection of Lord Charles Townshend, 1819, .... 39gs.
41. The Ford. A landscape, composed of a chain of lofty
rocks, the highest of which is on the right, crowned with
bushes ; the rest recede in perspective to the opposite side. A
stream of water ssowing along their base, covers the fore-ground,
and presents a shallow ford, through which a young woman,
lightly clad in a tawny-coloured vest, which she holds up with
her left hand, and a boy dressed in a blue jacket, with naked
legs, are passing, together with an ass bearing panniers, a
sheep, a cow, and a dog ; the latter is slaking its thirst from
the stream. The effect exhibits the dawn of a fine morning.
This beautiful picture is painted in the artist’s most delicate
and melting manner, and is dated 1657.
1 ft. 3 in. by 1ft. 5 in.—C.
Collection of M. de Clene, . . . 1786. . 4000/s. 160Z.
- Alexis De la Hante,Esq. 1821. (Mr. Phillips) 430 gs.
It subsequently became the property of Joseph Barchard, Esq.,
from whom it passed into the collection of the Right Honourable
Sir Robert Peel, Bart.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1822.
42. A wild Mountainous Scene, represented under the
effect of a fine day. A cow-boy, wearing a large hat, is sitting