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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on the left of the picture, are a lady and a gentleman, richly
habited, standing together; a dwarf, attending to the dogs,
is close to the front, in the right of the picture. A highly
finished production.
I st. 2 by 1 st. 4.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron A. de Rothschild.

263. Three Cavalry Soldiers halting at a sutler’s booth;
one of whom, with his back to the spectator, on a white horse,
is a trumpeter. See description, No. 373, Vol. I.
Sold in the Collection of Mr. Morant, 1832. 130 gs.
Now in the Collection of Henry Bevan, Esq.

264. A Farrier shoeing a Horse. The scene is exhibited
under the appearance of winter; and a thatched hovel ap-
pears to be the residence of the farrier, who is seen fixing
a shoe on the hind-foot of a bright bay horse, the owner of
which, habited in a dark bluish dress, stands by, apparently
shivering with cold. A boy holds the horse’s head with a
twitch. At a little distance is seen a traveller on horseback,
approaching from the farther side of some rising ground.
Painted in a broad and free style.
I st. 6 in. by 1 st. 5.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron Nagel Van Ampden, Hague.

265. Portrait of a Gentleman, habited in a dark greycoat,
embellished with gold lace, and wearing a cocked hat decked
with feathers; he is mounted on a fine horse, of a dark
brown colour, represented standing in a side view, on the
foreground of a landscape, with a river in the distance. This
is an admirable work of art.
13^ in. by 12^.—P.
In the Collection of the Baron Nagel Van Ampden, Hague.