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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rising ground and trees. The right of the picture shows an
open view, with a road winding round a field of wheat in
sheaf. A man and a woman are on the road, approaching, and
a group of three persons is on the opposite side.
lOs in. by 1 ft. 2| in.—P.
Now in the collection of Charles Bredel, Esq.
110. The Ford. A woody landscape, of a white clayey
soil, bounded on the right by a grove of trees, and on the
opposite side the eye looks over a ssat country, diversified with
arable and pasture lands. On the fore-ground is a man with
a laden ass, a cow, a sheep, and a dog, passing through
a shallow stream of water; near them are a woman seated,
and a man standing by her. This is a slightly painted
picture.
2 ft. 2 in. by 3 st.—P.
Now in the Belvidere Palace, at Vienna. Worth 150Z.

111. A View of a Cottage, with an adjoining barn standing
on the bank of a canal, which extends along the front-ground.
A single elm, of luxuriant foliage, is on the farther bank of
the stream, and beyond it is a clump of bushy trees. The
only persons visible are a man and a woman, who are near the
house. This is a pleasing little picture by the master.
1 ft. J in. by 1 ft. 5 in.—P.
Collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein, 1833. . 1325fo. 1201.
Now in the collection of M. M. E. Vander Hoop, Amsterdam.
112. Companion. A Landscape, in which the principal
object which meets the eye is the ruin of a barn standing on
a sandy hill, and partly encompassed by trees. On the left is
a rugged road, leading to a cottage embosomed in trees, from
which a man and a woman are coming. A stream ssows along
the opposite side, and the spire of a church is visible in the
distance.
Collection of M. Goll de Frankenstein, 1834. . 705 so. 63l.
Purchased of Joseph Woodin, Esq.