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.

approaching, having just passed a single-horse cart, in which
are a woman with a child in her arms, and the driver; this is
going towards a stream flowing across the road, on which are
two gentlemen on horseback, and one of them on a gray
horse is letting his steed drink : two poor men on a bank at
the side appear to be awaiting their approach. On the oppo-
site side are a woman seated with a child in her arms, and
a man arranging the girth of his horse. This excellent picture
is painted with the sparkling touch and freshness of tone of
Hobbema, to whom it has been attributed.
2 ft. by %st. 8 in.—C.
Now in the Bridgewater collection, Lord Francis Egerton.

318. A Waterfall. This admirable picture is composed, on
the left, of a high and rugged bank, forming the boundary of
a river, on which grow rich clusters of trees, receding in
perspective to a cottage, beyond which it extends to the
opposite side of the view and girts the river, which glides
smoothly towards the front, and is thence precipitated in
foaming masses on the fore-ground. A single tree stands on
a bank on the right, and the stem of another lies by it. At
some distance off is seen a ssock of sheep in the stream.
\ft. 9 in. by 1ft. ll|zn.—C.

319- Companion. A Landscape, representing a well-wooded
country, the fore-ground of which is broken and varied with
sandy paths, and has a pond in the centre with two sticks of
timber lying on its bank, and two young trees growing on a
knoll at the right, on the farther side of which is seen a
sportsman, and on a path near him are two dogs. Clusters of
trees bound the view in the centre, and a clump of the same
at the side conceals part of a sloping hill. Both this and the
companion are fine examples of the master.
Now in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale.