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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241. The Trooper. A soldier bourgeois, wearing a buff
jerkin, a cuirass, and a large hat, standing at the head of a
fine dappled-gray charger, decorating the bridle with a blue
riband; a large dog couches behind him. These, forming the
principal objects of the picture, are introduced in the fore-
ground of a landscape, bounded on the left by mountains, at
the foot of which is seen an encampment, and close to the side
is a gentleman on horseback coming over a hill. A most
masterly production.
3 st. 10 in. by 4 st. 10|m.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.
242. Four Cows in a verdant meadow adjoining a river:
one of them, of a white colour patched with black, is lying
down; two others stand by her side, and the remaining one is
also reposing : beyond them are a man and a woman sitting
together on a bank. A line of trees, among which is visible
the roof of a house, lead the eye to the ruins of a castle, near
which are several cows in the water. A river ssows over the
left of the picture, and the fore-ground is animated with some
ducks. A pail and a brass bottle lie on a wooden bridge.
3 st. 1 in. by 4 ft. in.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.
243. A View from a Meadow, looking over a river, to the
city of Bort. In a field bounded by a thick wood, on the
right, are three cows and several sheep ; one of the former, of
a red colour marked with white, is approaching the spectator,
followed by a herdsman. Near the river, on the left, is a
group of five sheep and a goat; and still farther are three more
cows, one of which a woman is milking.
4 st. 4in. by 6 ft. 7 sin.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1826 and 1827.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.