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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320. A View from a Pier or Jetty, looking out seaward
during a storm. The solemn gloom which pervades the scene
is finely relieved by bursts of light, sweeping over the surface
of the rolling ocean, and the few vessels visible at sea, together
with the mariners on the pier, evince the effect of the boisterous
gale which agitates the elements.
2ft. 7 in. by 3 st. 3 in.—C. sabout.)
Now in the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber.

321. A Landscape, represented under the aspect of a fine
summer’s day, and during harvest time. This excellent
picture is chiefly composed of a large sloping field, covered
with sheaves of wheat, over a portion of which, and the
adjacent meadows, glides the shade of a passing cloud.
1st. 10 in. by 2 st. 5 in.—C. (about.)
The Writer has not had the advantage of seeing the two preceding
pictures, but has entered them from a brief description given him
by a competent judge.
Now in the collection of the Duke of Newcastle, at Clumber.

322. A Water-Mill in a hilly and well-wooded country.
The mill, with its complicate wood machinery, occupies a large
portion of the picture on the right, and the stream covers the
front of the opposite side, bounded by a rugged bank, on
which grow clusters of bushes. The margin of the water is
fenced with hurdles, and the sandy fore-ground on the right
is washed in channels. Clumps of trees rise behind the mill,
and conceal in part a distant hill. The only persons visible
are two men in a meadow, one of whom is busy with a cask.
The aspect of evening gives a solemn effect to the scene.—
See No. 68, p.
2 st. 5 in. by 3 ft. 1| in.-— C.
Now in the collection of Harry Phillips, Esq.