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 7) (London: Smith and Son, 1836)

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Old Testament Subjects.
the handmaid and her son. Engraved in mezzotinto by
Spilsbury, and described from the print.
A picture representing this subject was sold in the collection
of De Heer Adrian Bout, at the Hague, in 1733, for 105jlo., QI.
1 ft. 10 m. by 2ft. Gin.—C.

5. Abraham dismissing Hagar and her Son. A Picture of
this subject was exhibited in the British Gallery in 1824,
belonging: to the Earl of Denbigh.

6. Hagar in the Desert. A picture representing this sub-
ject is said to be in the collection of the Count Schonborn, at
Vienna.
9| in. by 8 in.

7. Lot and his Daughters. The composition exhibits the
Patriarch, habited in the oriental costume, sitting on the
ground between his two daughters, holding a silver cup, which
one of them is about to take from his hand to fill from a jug
which she holds; he has already felt the potent effects of the
liquor, and is embracing his daughter, with one arm round
her waist. The scene represents the interior of a cave.
Engraved by Hadweg, and described from the print.

8. Lot and his Daughters. The subject is represented as
passing in a cave, and one of the females is on the right of
the aged Lot, who is seated, presenting him with a cup of
wine, which he is in the act of taking; the other stands
behind her father with her hand on his shoulder. A table, on
which are a bottle and other objects, is in front. Engraved