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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a stone by the side of his beasts: beyond these is a third man,
mounted on an ass, and another animal of the same kind near
him. A road passes obliquely into the distant country. A
beautiful summer’s evening. Engraved, No. 43, in the Staf-
ford Gallery.
Il|w2. by 1 st. 2| in.—P.
Now in the Bridgewater collection, Lord Francis Egerton.
102. A Landscape, representing a mountainous country,
traversed by a winding road, which passes over the acclivity
of a hill on the left. On the road, and approaching the front,
are two muleteers with their burthened beast, followed by
a woman riding an ass. A cluster of light trees is on the
left, and a river is visible among the mountains in the dis-
tance. A warm sunny evening.
1ft. 9 in. by 2 ft. 1| in.—P.
Formerly in the possession of John Robins, Esq., 1831.

103. A Landscape, representing a hilly and well-wooded
country, with two large trees in the centre of the fore-ground,
by the side of which is a peasant, wearing a sheepskin jacket,
driving a mule laden with panniers. The scene is further
enlivened, in the second distance, by a party of two gentle-
men on horseback, accompanied by a man and two dogs, passing
a ford, near which are a man seated on a bank, and a herdsman
standing by him; considerably beyond them are faintly seen
two huntsmen, with dogs, in pursuit of a stag. The warmth
of a fine summer’s evening is diffused throughout the scene.
iyi. 71 in. by 2 st. 1 in.—C.
Exhibited in the British Gallery in 1832.
Now in the collection of Charles Bredel, Esq. 1835.
104. Mercury and Battus. The subject is introduced by
Andrew Both, in a grand mountainous landscape, and near
the foot of two trees, the foliage of which reaches to the top,
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