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.
port, and on the shore in front are two men lifting timber ;
seven others are near some boats lying along the shore, one of
whom is seated.—See Nos. 5, 31, and 321.
3st. 6 in. by 4st. 6 in.—C. (about.)
Now in the collection of the Duke of Buccleugh, at Dalkeith.

338. Peasants Dancing. This beautiful pastoral scene
represents on one side an open flat country, watered in the
distance by a broad river having a low bridge over it. On
the opposite side is a narrow stream crossed by a bridge
composed of a single arch ; from hence the eye looks to a lofty
hill, covered in part with trees, and adorned with buildings;
five isolated trees stand on the right of the fore-ground, along
the extremity of which is the woody bank of a stream. The
dancers, consisting of two women and a man, are in a verdant
meadow in front; one of the former, while dancing, plays the
tambourine, and a man sitting at the side accompanies her on a
bagpipe. A man and a woman are seated by him, and three
women stand. Several oxen and goats feed in the surrounding
meadow. Painted in 1669. Engraved by F. Vivares, from a
picture then in the collection of the Duke of Kingston.
3st. 3 in. by 4ft. 4 in.—C.
Now in the collection of the Count Strogonoff, at'St. Petersburgh.

339. A Man and a Woman driving Cattle. The picture
is composed on one side of a portion of a temple of the Ionic
order, standing on the verge of a wood of umbrageous trees,
around the base oi which flows a river, and thence passing to
the opposite side is crossed by a rustic bridge, beyond which