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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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170 PHILIP WOUWERMANS.
brick arch on the other ; this a boy and a woman with fagots
are crossing; a peasant also, bearing a bundle of wood, is
ascending a bank. On the opposite side are a man and two
children, the former of whom is breaking the ice; and beyond
them a boy descending a ladder. This is a faithful transcript
of nature.
121 in_ by 141.—p.
In the Collection of Charles Bredel, Esq.

92. Interior of a Remise, with a spacious arched entrance
on the right, near which is a cavalier, in a yellow coat, on a
roan horse, paying the ostler, who is raising his hat in token
of thanks ; close to the latter person is a grey horse drinking
out of a pail, and beyond it are a bay horse feeding at a
manger, and a man saddling an iron-grey one. On the oppo-
site side is a man wheeling a barrow out of the place ; from
hence the eye looks to the adjacent country, where a peasant
is seen on a load of hay, &c.
Ill in. by 14| in.—P.
Bought by the writer, of Mr. Yates, from the Collection of C.
Haldiman, Esq., and sold to H. G. Barnard, Esq.

93. A Horse Fair. The Scene of traffic represents a large
open place adjacent to a town, and a group, composed of
eight horses and six men, is on the right of the foreground;
two of the men are examining the mouth of a grey horse, a
third is seated taking refreshments, two others are mounted
on horseback, and the remaining one is preparing provender
for the beast. Near a booth on the opposite side are a lady
and a cavalier on foot, looking at an iron-grey horse, which
a jockey is showing off; the restive animal has terrified a
woman with a barrow. The surrounding fair exhibits an
appearance of great bustle and business. Heavy clouds indi-
 
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