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 (Band 9): Supplement (London: Smith and Son, 1842)

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her hand, and is turning to hei’ lover, who is bending down
by her side, holding a spear in one hand, and pointing with
the other to some distant object. The scene exhibits a richly
wooded country; signed, and dated 1727.
1 st. 8 in. by 1 st. 5|.—P.
Sale by Mr. Stanley, 1832. 120 gs.

37. Maternal Occupation. The interior of an apartment,
in the centre of which is a young women, dressed in a tawny-
yellow gown, a grey skirt and a blue apron, seated with a
reel and distaff in her hands, her attention at the same time
is directed to a babe which lies asleep in a cradle by her side.
The father of the child stands at the head of the cradle, with
a pipe in his hand. A table on which are bread, butter, and
cheese, is at the side of the room, and a spinning wheel is
beyond it. Two cages are suspended above. This is an ex-
quisitely finished picture. See No. 38. Vol. I.
1 st. 7^ in. by 1 st. 4.—P.
In the Collection of Lady Mildmay, Dogmersfield.
A picture representing the same subject, and apparently a dupli-
cate of the preceding, was sold in the Collection of W. Esdaile,
Esq., 1838, for 60 gs.
38. A Fruit Shop. The mistress of the shop is seen at an
arched window, weighing chestnuts for a little boy. On a
table in front is a basket of herrings, and another containing
apples and gingerbread. A rope of onions hangs up at the
side of the window. An excellent picture. See No. 37, Vol. I.
1 ft. 7 in. by 1 st. 1^.—P.
In the Collection of Smith Owen, Esq., Condover.
39. A Fruit and Vegetable Shop, represented at an arched
window, at which a man is seen holding up a rope of onions
to a young woman who is about to pay for them, at the same