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 8) (London: Smith and Son, 1837)

THE LIFE

OF
NICHOLAS POUSSIN.

In tracing the life, and recording the works of Nicholas
Poussin, it is difficult to avoid the language of pane-
gyric. To do justice to this learned and eminent
Artist, requires, in his biographer and critic, in addition
to a knowledge of painting, a noble enthusiasm sor
the more elevated slights of genius, and a poetical
feeling, which will enable him to participate in the
Painter’s views. The writer who can fully comprehend
the poetry os such a Painter, must, of necessity,
be endowed with a like spirit; and feeling the delight
which naturally results from an unison of mind, he
will elevate his language in the course of the narration,
and, avoiding matters of mere dry detail, endeavour to •
embue his readers with the feelings of admiration, by
which he is himself inspired. As the works to which
this memoir is prefixed, professes to be only a Cata-
logue of the productions of the Painter, it might be