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)

188 JOHN AND ANDREW BOTH.
fore-ground is a company of persons waiting for the arrival of
a passage boat, which has just reached the shore: among them
are a lady and a gentlemen on horseback ; the latter person is
placed with his back to the spectator, and appears to be giving
orders to one of his attendants. In the same group may also
be observed a traveller with a burthened mule, and a pedlar
reposing. The warmth of a summer’s evening sun gilds the
scene. A highly-wrought production. — See Nos. 5 and 42,
pp. 173 and 185.
2 st. in. by 2 st. 10 in.— C.
Now in the collection of D. W. Acraman, Esq.
A picture corresponding with the above description was sold in
the collection of Lord Courtenay in 1816, for 120 gs. ; and another,
entitled “ The Ferry of the Tiber,” was sold in the collection of
Ralph Bernal, Esq. in 1824, for 248 gs.
50. A small Landscape.
Collection of John Knight, Esq. . 1819 73 gs.

51. A Woman riding an Ass, and a Peasant with Mules.
The view exhibits a mountainous scene, with a fine clump of
trees on an eminence in the centre, the shadow of which is
thrown over the fore-ground. A woman on a mule, accompa-
nied by a man on foot, is passing along a road in front,
and beyond these is a peasant conducting two mules.
2 st. 4 in. by 1 ft. 9 in.—Cop.
Collection of M. La Perrier, . . 1817. . 11,050/s. 442Z.

52. A View in Italy, supposed to be that of the Perugian
road, which leads along the foot of the Thrasimenian moun-
tains, and on the borders of the Lake Sanguino. The scene
is also remarkable for two lofty trees on the right and front,
near which is a woman on a mule led by a man on foot, and
followed by a peasant conducting two laden mules. On the
opposite side of the road stands a clump of trees, of admirable