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)

148 MINDERHOUT HOBBEMA.
95. Companion. A Woman at the Door of a Cottage con-
versing with a man and a woman. A landscape, composed of two
rows of lofty umbrageous trees, which stretch over a great
portion of the right, forming a kind of vista, with a marshy
pool in the interval. A cottage stands close to the side, at
the hals-door of which is a woman in conversation with a
man and a woman, who stand in front of it. Two other
persons are seen under the trees, and upon a road on the
left of the picture is a man with a stick on his shoulder,
approaching; beyond which are corn fields and cottages.
Collection of Lord Weymouth, . . 1828. (bought in) 450 gs.

96. A Landscape, with a river traversing the whole of the
front, on which is a boat with a single person in it: the stream
is bounded by a bank with a pathway along it, and skirted by
a wood, through an opening of which are seen some buildings.
A man, two women, and a child, are on the road. A pleasing
example of the master.
1 ft. 1 in. by \st. 5^ in.—P. (about.)
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1828.
Now in the collection of the late Lord Dover.

97. A Village Scene. This view offers, on the right, a
mill with an overshot wheel, the stream from which ssows along
two-thirds of the front; on the farther side of the water is
a high road which traverses the landscape, and winds on the
right into the distant country; a few cottages are situated on
each side of it. The left exhibits a broken soil, clothed with
lofty trees and bushes, amongst which buildings are seen.
The figures which enliven the scene consist of a man, a
woman, and a child, with a burthened horse, on the road; and
a man with a packet is going towards the building on the left.
Gleams of transient sunshine illumine the scene. Described
from a copy.

2 ft. 6 in. by 3 ft. 6 in.—C. (about.)