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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64. The Artist, seated, with his leg upon a form, looking
at a woman holding a child on a table, &c. See description,
No. 147, Vol. iv.
Sold in the Collection of Mr. Goll de Frankenstein, 1833, for
1350 flo. and 7-^ per cent. (1207)

65. The Gazette. An old man, wearing a large hat and
a drab cloak over a black suit, seated, with a pewter jug in
his hand, listening to his companion, who is reading a news-
paper.
1 st- 6 by 1 st. 1|.— P.
In the Collection of the Duke of Mechlinburg.

66. A party of jovial fellows, about nine in number,
assembled in the enclosed court of a country alehouse; four
of them are seated on the ground, playing at cards, and the
play of one of the company appears to have excited the mirth
of the others; the remaining persons are enjoying their
pipes.
1 st. 1 by 1 ft. 3.—P.
Sold in the Collection of M. A. Kleynenbergh, Leyden, 1841, for
325 flo. and 10 per cent, (about 30Z.)

67. Children playing with a kitten. A girl, seated on a
dresser, playing on a pipe, to the sound of which, a merry
boy is teaching a kitten to dance, while another little fellow
is teazing the animal with a tobacco-pipe, and a third is
greatly amused with the fun. The juvenile party are over-
looked by an old woman from above. A freely painted
picture.
2 .A by 1# 6.—C.
In the Collection of Mr. Mogge Meulman, A rust.

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