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)

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JACOB RUYSDAEL.

190. The Angler. A view of a marshy country, composed
of a pool of water, covering the whole of the front-ground to
the middle distance, bounded on either side by clusters of
trees, having the appearance of a wood: in this part stands a
man among rushes, angling,
o "00
10 m. by 1ft. 1 in.—P.
Collection of G. Watson Taylor, Esq. 1823.132 gs.
Now in the collection of the Right Elon. Alexander Baring.

191. A Shepherd with a Flock of Sheep. The picture
exhibits a country of a broken sandy soil, with clumps of elms
along the extremity of the fore-ground, extending from the
left to the centre. On the opposite side is a field of beans in
sheaf, at the end of which is a cottage, partly concealed by
trees. Upon a road on the left is a shepherd, driving a ssock
of sheep through some water, preceded by a man with a pack
at his back : a little retired from these are two men, one of
whom is seated.
10 m. by 1ft. 1 in.—P.
The preceding four pictures are beautiful examples os the master.
Collection of G. Watson Taylor, Esq. 1823. 108 gs.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1828.
Now in the collection of the Right Hon. Alexander Baring.

192. A View of a grand Waterfall, the ssood from which
covers the whole of the fore-ground. A church is seen in the
second distance ; and near it is a wheat field, where peasants
are at work.
1st. 10^ in. by 1ft. l^in.—C.
Collection of M. Vander Pals, 1824. 1650jlo. and 5 per ct. 1551.

193. A woody Landscape, intersected by a road, on which
are several persons.
1ft. Qin. by 1ft. 11^ in.—C.
Collection of M. Vander Pals, 1824. 1400 fo. and 5 per ct. 1321.