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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DRAWINGS.
Drawings by Jacob Ruysdael are of rare occurrence,
and consequently much esteemed by the amateur ; they are
generally small in size, and done with a free pen, washed in
India ink ; the very few that are met with, tinted with colours,
are proportionally paid for when brought to sale. One of the
latter, finished with a very neat and delicate pencil, was sold
in the collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein, at Amsterdam,
in 1832, for 430 jlo. and 10 per cent, opgelt, 36/., and was
bought by Mr. Woodburn.
Jacob Ruysdael has left, according to Bartsch, seven
examples of his talents in aqua fortis: these are done with
admirable freedom of hand, and possess much picturesque
effect.

1. The little Bridge.
2. The two Peasants and their Dog.
3. The Cottage on the summit of a Hill.
4. The Travellers. A Forest traversed by a Brook.
5. The Corn Field enclosed by Trees.
6. The clump of three Oaks. This is signed, and dated 1649-
7. The Brook through a Village*.

Bartsch supposes this to have been the first essay of the master in etching.