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)

226 PHILIP WOUWERMANS.
254. View on the Sea-coast. This picture offers, on the
left, a number of fishermen and other persons in front of a
tent. Among them sits a stout man, by whose side is a man
kneeling, with a fish in his hand, which he appears to have
taken from a quantity lying on the sands. A man seated on
a cart, a boy standing near him, and two children playing
with a boat, are close to the foreground ; a grey horse feeding-
out of a basket, and a man loading a cart, form part of the
group. In the second distance, and near the centre of the
view, are a lady and a gentleman in conversation with a man
on horseback. An early production of the master.
l#9s by 1# Ils—C.
In the Public Gallery at Dresden.

255. A Lady and a Gentleman hawking. A landscape,
representing a hilly and sterile scene, traversed in the centre
by a winding brook, in which a gentleman is watering his
steed, and three youths are angling. On the left are seen a
lady on a grey horse, and a gentleman on a chestnut one,
descending a hill, and approaching the front ground, pre-
ceded by two dogs, and a boy with hawks. A traveller
seated by the road-side, a man carrying a basket, accompa-
nied by a boy, complete the composition. Painted in the
artist’s third or silvery manner.
1# 9s by 2 st. 21.—C.
In the Public Gallery at Dresden. Worth 350/.

256. A Battle. Amidst a host of combatants distributed
over a large tract of hilly country, may be noticed, in the
foreground of the picture, a negro armed with a spear,
mounted on a white horse; and a soldier, bearing a shield of
curious workmanship, riding up sull gallop to attack a body
of infantry posted close to the front. A body of cavalry,