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)

146 MINDERHOUT HOBBEMA.
horses, with seven people in it, is approaching, and two men,
one of whom is seated, are by the road side. Some lofty
trees rise from a hedge row which skirts both roads, beyond
which are seen several cottages amongst trees. Engraved by
Vinkels.
1 st. 8 in. by 2 st. 2 in.—P. (about.)
Collection of Mr. O’Niel, . . . 1832.
Now in the possession os Thomas Emmerson, Esq.

91. View of a Hamlet, delightfully situated among trees.
The composition offers, on the right, a cottage in an enclosed
garden, partly concealed and overshadowed by trees, one of
which bends over a road which leads from the front to the
distant homestead. The whole of the fore-ground exhibits
an open common, of a broken surface, and having a pond
overgrown with ssags and bushes, and the stump of a tree and
some logs of timber on its banks. A cottage, partly con-
cealed by trees, is in the centre of the second-ground, and
more towards the left is a rich cluster of elms, forming a
vista, through which are seen some rustic habitations. The
figures which animate the scene consist of three men and
a woman on a road ; one of the former, with a stick in his
hand, is approaching, and the two others are in conversation
with the woman, who is seated. A man and a woman are
crossing the common together, and several other villagers are
seen at remote distances. Brilliant bursts of sunshine give
variety to the landscape. Engraved by Vivares, in 1779.

92. A Landscape, offering an extensive and highly pic-
turesque scene. The principal objects which meet the eye
are a cottage and a water-mill, placed near the centre of the
second distance, the stream from which ssows along the front-
ground, where a woman, dressed in a blue skirt, is in the
water, dragging forward an ox, while a man behind is beating
the animal on: these are by the hand of Adrian Vander
Velde. A cluster of lofty umbrageous trees, and a pollard