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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three men in it. The entrance to the cingle is formed, in the
second distance, by two houses and a line of piles, beyond
which are several small sailing boats.
1 ft. \sin. by 1 ft. 5| in.—C.
Now in the collection of Brook Greville, Esq.

180. A Sea View, during a light breeze, and the appearance
of a fine morning. The principal object which meets the eye
is an East Indiaman, approaching on the right, with slackened
sails, followed by two small sailing boats; four vessels, of
a similar description to the former, are in view, and on the
opposite side is a fishing boat at anchor. An agreeable
example of the master.
8| in. by 1 Is in.—P.
Now in the collection of J. H. Munro, Esq.

181. A fresh Breeze. On the right is a row-boat, full of
passengers, beyond which are four ships of war at anchor.
A cutter, carrying main and fore-top sails, is on the left, and
a fifth ship of war is seen in the distance.
8 in. by 10| in.-—P.
Now in the collection of J. H. Munro, Esq.

182. A Storm at Sea. This admirable work of art exhibits
in the most powerful and affecting manner the sublime appear-
ance of a subsiding storm, whose direful effects are strikingly
pourtrayed by dismasted vessels rolling on a heavy swell of sea.
Close to the front is a ship of war approaching, with all her
sails close reefed, many of her cords snapped, and the sea
breaking with awful violence over her bows. A second ship,
of a similar description, and equally shattered by the storm, is
beyond her, and a third is faintly seen in the distance. Dark
masses of clouds roll majestically over the hemisphere, and