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.
near which is seen a herdsman in a blue dress, reclining on a
bank, with a crook in his hand, and his dog lying by his side ;
his cattle, consisting of eight goats, are distributed along the
bank of the river. The appearance is that of a serene sum-
mer’s evening.
1st. 4 in. by 1 st. 9 in.—C.
Now in the collection of William Wells, Esq. of Redleaf.
Exhibited in the British Gallery, 1836.

330. Three Merchants in conversation. A view on the
banks of a large river, representing a commercial scene. Three
large boats lie alongside the shore in front, one of which is
laden with casks, and a second is being charged with orange
trees in pots. A number of casks, articles of household fur-
niture, and pots with shrubs, are distributed over the fore-
ground, near the centre of which are three merchants in con-
versation, one of whom is seated; more towards the river are
two men and a woman, and a fourth person is carrying an
orange shrub towards a boat. The view offers, on one side,
rich clusters of trees and bushes; and, on the other, is a hill
of a broken form, clothed with verdure, having an edifice
with a tower at its side, and an overshot water-mill at its base.
The centre is divided by a river, -which ssows in an oblique
direction through it, and thence passes along the extremity of
the fore-ground. Engraved by James Mason, from a picture
then in the collection of Lord Trevor.
3st. 1 in. by 4ft. 8 in.—C.

331. A Sea-Port, with a number of Vessels and small craft
moving in all directions. This scene is chiessy distinguished
by an open temple at the side, now serving as a shelter to a