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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from a road which leads to a small cottage near the centre of
the middle distance, from whence the eye looks to some rustic
dwellings, and a church, concealed in part by trees.
2 st. 10 in. by 2 ft. 2 in.—C.
Collection of G. Watson Taylor, Esq. 1828. 800 gs.
Same collection, . . . Erlestoke, 1832. 550 gs.
Collection of Mr. Nieuwenhuys, . 1833. (bought in.) 760 gs.

53. The Companion represents a View of a Canal, with
a cottage and mills on its banks. On the left of the fore-
ground is a clump of lofty trees by the side of a broad road,
on which is a large dog. A piece of timber and some low
trees and bushes are on the right, beyond which is a gentleman,
and still farther is a mill on a stone quay: in this part are two
men conversing, and in front of the farthest mill are some
people with a horse and cart. Looking to the left of the
picture, two men are seen angling, and beyond them appears
to be the skirts of a wood. The figures in both pictures are
from the pencil of A. Storck.
These pictures have ever held a high reputation among the
amateurs in art, and when exhibited in the British Gallery in 1818,
were the admiration of every visitor. The pair were purchased by
Mr. Buchanan, of M. Rynders, of Brussels, in 1817, for about 900Z.,
and sold to George Watson Taylor, Esq. for llOOgs. In the sale
of the collection of that gentleman, by Mr. Christie, in 1823, the
latter picture was re-purchased for the sum of 800 gs., there being
real biddings to that amount ; and at the sale of George Watson
Taylor, Esq.’s effects at Erlestoke, in 1832, it was bought by
Mr. Nieuwenhuys, for 520 gs.
Collection of Mr. Nieuwenhuys, . 1833. (bought in.) 960 gs.

54. A woody Landscape, with an overshot mill on the right,
the machinery of which has ceased to work, and the water
is running to waste into the stream, which flows along the
extremity of the fore-ground, on the left of which is a clump
of trees. A high road passes the mill, and leads to a cottage
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