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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window, over the sill of which is thrown a Turkey carpet;
one of the former is cuddling a kitten, another is caressing a
spaniel, and the remaining girl, together with the youth
(who is tastefully dressed, and wears a cap decked with
feathers), are equally delighted with the animals. A curtain
is suspended from the upper part of the window, and a vine
overspreads the surrounding walls.
1 st. 5 by 1 st. 1.—P.
In the Collection of Mr. Hodgshon, Amsterdam.

38. The Sempstress. A young woman occupied with
needle-work. See description, No. 19, Vol. IV.
In the Collection of Henry Bevan, Esq.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIST OF IMITATORS OF
GASPAR NETCHER.
In addition to the scholars and imitators of the above
master noticed in page 167, Vol. iv., may be placed a painter
named S. Brown, of whose history the writer is entirely
ignorant; but a very clever portrait, signed and dated 1685,
has come under his eye, and it bears so striking a resemblance
to the pictures by Netscher, as to induce an opinion that he
was either a scholar of Gaspar or Constantine Netscher.
This picture is in the Collection of the Duke of Beaufort.