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 6) (London: Smith and Son, 1835)

JACOB RUYSDAEL.

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187. A Waterfall. The composition of this excellent pic-
ture is distinguished by two cottages on a hill, around the
base of which a rapid flood rolls in circling eddies, and flows
along the whole of the second-ground over a rocky bed, and
thence falls in a wide cascade on the fore-ground, where it
rebounds in foam. Painted in a clear and fresh tone of
colour.
2 ft. 1 in. by 2 ft. 10 in.—C.
Collection of the Marquis of Bute, a rejected picture from the
Luton Gallery,.1822.63 gs.
At the sale, the picture was considered to be a copy, and was sold
under that appellation.
Now7 in the collection os Edw'ard Gray, Esq., Haringay House.

188. A View in Holland, represented under the effect of
recent heavy rains, by which a road, and the adjacent ground,
are overssowed. The scene is also distinguished by two small
oak trees on a hillock near a road, and on the opposite side by
a wood, which bounds the view. A traveller is seated at the
foot of the hillock near the water, at which his dog is drink-
ing. Engraved by W. Austen.
10 m. by 1ft. 1 in.-—P.
Collection of G. Watson Taylor, Esq. 1823. 107 gs.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Alexander Baring.

189- A Landscape, representing a hilly site, of a broken and
clayey soil. The view is divided by a winding road, ssooded
in front, and remarkable for an old oak tree growing from a
bank at its side, and the stem of a tree lying among herbage
on the left. At some distance off is seen a solitary traveller
approaching.
10 in. by 1ft. 1 in.—P.
Engraved by W. Austen, from a picture then in the collection of
W. Courtenay, Esq.
Collection of G. Watson Taylor, Esq. 1823. 200 gs.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Alexander Baring.