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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WILLIAM MIERIS.

55. The Refection. A young lady, attired in a blue satin
gown and a tawny yellow velvet mantle, seated in a handsome
apartment, drinking a glass of wine, which a young gentleman
standing by has just given her from a bottle he has in his
hand, and at the same time is inviting her to take an oyster
from a tray placed on a table near her. She has a musical
instrument in her left hand; a dog and a stool are in front.
Description, No. 66, Vol. I. corrected.
by 1# 31.-P.
In the Royal Collection, Buckingham House.

56. Fruit and Dried Fish Shop. An arched window, at
which is seen a young woman with a brass pail on her arm,
cheapening some walnuts of the master of the shop, one of
which she has taken from a quantity in a basket. Some
gingerbread, a basket of dried herrings, and several weights,
are on the sill of the window, in front of which is placed a
basket of apples, one of which a rat is devouring. An infi-
nite variety of objects consistent with the trade are intro-
duced. Description, No. 65, Vol. I. corrected.
1 st. 31 in. by 1 st. 0|.—P
In the Royal Collection, Buckingham House.

57. A Vegetable and Fruit Shop. A young man and
woman at an arched window, on the sill of which are dis-
played baskets of caulissowers, cabbages, bunches of carrots,
artichokes, and other vegetables ; and some pumpkins lie in
front of the window, the under part of which is adorned with
a bas-relief of boys. Description, No. 71, Vol. I. corrected.
l#4s by 1ft. l.-P.
In the Collection of Henry Thomas Hope, Esq.