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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time to be morning. This superlative work of art is in every
respect equal to the finest productions of William Vander
V el de.
\ft. lOJira. by 3 ft. 3 in. — C.
Imported from Hamburgh, in 1823, by General Erskine.
Now in the collection of William Beckford, Esq.

38. A View on the Texel, represented under the appearance
of a stiff breeze, and a fresh morning. The nearest object
which attracts notice is a small boat with two fishermen in it,
one of whom is pulling in the nets. On the right of the
picture is a yacht, with her stern towards the spectator, sailing
before the wind under main-sail, and carrying a flag at the
stern; a little retired from this, and on her larboard side, is a
coaster, and at some distance off is a similar vessel. A ship of
war, apparently dropping down with the tide, is in the third
distance, on the left, beyond which the low coast of Holland
is visible. Painted in the artist’s grey, or silvery manner, and
exquisitely finished.
1 ft. 9^ in. by 2 ft. 2| in. — C.
Formerly in the collection of Lord Radstock, who is said to have
paid 400 gs. for it.
Sold by the Writer to the present proprietor, De Heer Vander
Hoop, in 1834.

39- A Sea View, during a fresh gale.
Collection of Sir S. Clarke and G. Hibbert, Esq. 1802. . 46Z.

40. A Storm and Shipwreck. This composition exhibits, in
front, a number of persons, most of whom are engaged assisting
the distressed, and collecting objects floating ashore from the
wrecks; from hence the eye looks over a rolling ocean to some
lofty rocks on the left, against which a vessel has struck, and
the sea is breaking over her in heavy surges. A dark and