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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99. Halt of Military at a Sutler’s Booth. The principal
group consists of three soldiers and a woman, in front of a
booth on the left; one of the former has dismounted from a
restive white charger, which has a helmet attached to the
saddle, and is arranging the bridle of his steed ; a second is
mounting his horse, and near him is the lady on a grey one;
the remaining soldier is on a dark bay horse, with a trumpet
in his hand, towards whom a poor cripple is advancing; at a
little distance off, on the opposite side, is a horse soldier,
accompanied by a man and a woman on foot, and beyond
these are a number of troops. See also No. 271, Vol. I.
1 ft- $ by 1 st. 2|.— P.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, price 300Z. ; not
finding a purchaser, it was sold with the remaining portion of the
Collection in Paris, 1837, 7,875 fr. (315Z.)
100. Halt of Sportsmen. Styled the Fountain of Neptune.
A lady, in blue, seated, and a gentleman presenting her with
a cup of wine. See description, No. 274, Vol. I.
Collection of George Morant, Esq., 1832, Mr. Phillips. 315 gs.
Bought by Henry Bevan, Esq.
101. A Sea-port. This fine picture is briessy noticed, No.
277, Vol. i. In addition to the description there given, are
a lady, a gentleman, and a boy standing on the foreground,
observing two men roll a large bale of goods into a barge
alongside the shore; a little beyond these, on the left of the
picture, are a piebald and a bay horse feeding, and a grey
one lying down. Two women, one of them suckling a child,
may be noticed on the side of the hill. Painted about the
commencement of the artist’s third manner. Size, corrected,
1# 11 by 2 st. 7.—C.
Exhibited for private sale in the Collection of the Duchess de
Berri, at Messrs. Christie and Manson’s, 1834, and sold for 500Z.
Now in the Collection of Mr. Steingracht, Hague.