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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Fancy and Familiar Subjects.
and a paper attached against the wall. Close to the front is a
pile of things, forming a dense mass, which appears to conceal
the object illumining the picture, and thereby great effect is
obtained. Described from a print engraved by J. B. P. Le
Brun, 1790, from a picture then in that artist’s collection.
6| in. by 5| in. — Cop.
186. Avarice. This subject is personified by an aged
woman, of a harsh and sordid mien, dressed in a large black
cloak and hood, and represented sitting in a miserable apart-
ment, with a bundle of things in her lap. A small lamp is on
a stand by her side. Upon a sort of a table along the front
are a quantity of money, a deed, and a dog lying asleep.
Described from a print engraved by A. Cardon, 1792, from a
picture then in the possession of M. Pauwels, at Brussels, and
sold in his collection in 1803, for 186jlo., 16Z.
by 3/Z.—C.

187. A Morisco Woman with a Vase. Engraved anonymous.