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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DRAWINGS.
John Both appears to have devoted but little time to
drawing on paper, and hence his productions of that kind are
few in number, and are consequently valued in proportion by
the collector. The very few that have come under the Writer’s
notice were done in indian-ink, and closely resembled, both in
handling and style, his pictures in oil colour.
His Etchings consist of fifteen pieces, ten of which represent
landscapes: they are done with a light hand, and a firm point,
assisted by few touches of the graver and the dry point.

The four following Landscapes are upright in shape :—
1. The Woman on a Mule. The view exhibits a moun-
tainous scene.
2. The Waggon drawn by Oxen.—See No. 6, p. 173.
3. The great Tree. This object rises in the centre of the
fore-ground, and beyond it is a peasant driving an ox, preceded
by a man on horseback.
4. The two Mules. The scene represents a mountainous
country, with a chain of lofty rocks, at the base of which are
two mules laden with casks.

The following six are oblong in shape :—
5. The Stone Bridge. On the bank of the river is a man
standing with his back to the spectator, in conversation with
three others who are assembled round him.