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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61. A Village Wedding. See No. 130, Vol. m. In
addition to the description there given, may be noticed an
old man in black standing up at a table cutting ham, and
opposite to him is another with a jug, who is turning to
speak to a comrade in a blue dress leaning on the back of a
chair, in which a woman is seated with a child in her arms.
In the centre and at the extremity of the court is a party
of seven persons at table, among whom may be distinguished
the bride with a crown on her head, and one of the company
has risen to propose her health. This picture is of the most
esteemed quality.
In the Hermitage Palace, St. Petersburg. Worth 1200Z.

62. The Monkey Gamblers. This whimsical but masterly
and spirited production, represents the interior of a cabaret,
in front of which are assembled six monkies, five of which
are habited in grey and fantastic attire; of these, four of
them are crouched on the ssoor in a group, and three of them
are playing at cards, while the fourth holds a glass and a jug
to supply the company with liquor; two more are on a table
at the side, and a seventh sits on the top of a board parti-
tion. A brilliantly coloured picture.
10| in. by 121 —p.
Collection of W. Hastings, Esq., 1840. (36^- gs.')
Bought by Messrs. Smith.
Now in the Collection of E. W. Lake, Esq.

63. The Seigneur du Chateau, accompanied by his lady
and two daughters, and attended by a page, visiting his
tenantry at a Kermess. The composition of this excellent
picture consists of about eighty persons assembled in an open
place surrounded by houses, and the appearance is that of a