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)

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Landscapes.
their companion, a fourth labourer lies asleep on the ground,
and more towards the portal are two merchants in conversation:
from hence the eye is directed to two round towers, beyond
which may be perceived a town extending along the foot of a
mountain ; on the opposite side of the picture are two vessels
riding at anchor, from one of which three men are discharging
the cargo, by means of a boat which they are hauling to the
shore. The appearance of a fine summer’s evening contributes
a charm to the scene.
2 st. by 3st. 2 in.—C.
Now in the collection of His Majesty.

319- A Sportsman, accompanied by a Woman on an Ass.
The principal group in this picture consists of a man with a
gun on his shoulder, walking by the side of a woman on an
ass, along the fore-ground of a hilly landscape, with a river on
the left, which passes round a high bank and under a bridge,
composed of a single arch, and thence flows along the extremity
of the fore-ground; a beautiful cluster of trees grows close to
the bridge, beyond which’ is a hill thickly covered with trees
and bushes, amidst which is perceived a cascade: the opposite
side gives an uninterrupted view over hills, on one of which
stands a building with a round tower; the scene is also en-
livened by a peasant, who is passing over the bridge with an
ass, two oxen, and a great number of goats, these are ap-
proaching the spectator: from hence the eye looks up a road,
leading by a wood, on which is a man, with four mules; and
still more remote a shepherd is seen tending his ssock. Engraved
in 1743, by F. Vivares, from a picture then in the collection of
the Right Hon. Lord James Cavendish.
2ft. by 2/L 9.—C.