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)

66 WILLIAM MIERIS.
the side of the window, the under part of which is adorned
with a bas-relief of boys.
1/L 3 by 1st. 1.—P.
In the Collection of Abraham Robarts, Esq.

43. The Favourite Parrot. A lady elegantly attired in a
blue satin robe, seated in the centre of a room feeding a
parrot, which is perched on a stand at the side of a table. A
page is on her left pouring out a cup of liquor. A guitar
and some music books are on the ground, and a spaniel lies
asleep at her feet. A maid is busy in the back of the apart-
ment.
13^ in. by 101.—P.
In the Museum at Berlin.

44. The Apothecary’s Shop. The dispenser of physic is
seen at an arched window, from the sill of which he is taking
a bottle of medicine to give to a young woman, who holds the
money in her hand to pay for it. A boy stands behind her.
A carpet is thrown over the sill, and a metal pail, a pestle
and mortar, and a jar, are placed upon it. A rope of poppy
heads hangs at the side of the window, the under part of
which is adorned with a bas-relief of the triumph of Galatea.
See No. 52, Vol. I.
This picture was lately in the possession of Berkeley Owen,
Esq., who is said to have paid 400/. for it.

45. A Drummer, a Standard Bearer, and a young Woman
at an arched window. See No. 51, Vol. I.
Exhibited for sale by private hand, in the Collection of the
Duchess de Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834. Price
280Z. Not sold.
Put up at Auction in the same Collection, at Paris, 1837, and
sold for 4305 sr. (1727.)