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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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ADAM PYNAKER.

a little beyond these, and more to the left, is a man on a
mule, accompanied by a woman on foot, passing on the farther
side of a bank, on which grow a clump of trees ; from hence
the eye looks along a chain of rocky hills receding into the
distance. Early morning.
2 ft. \sy2st. 7|.—C.
In the Collection of W. Tripp, Esq., Bristol.
13. Muleteers. A landscape, representing a view in Italy,
under the appearance of early morning. On the left of the
picture is a mass of high rocks, surmounted by a building,
distinguished by a round tower; a streamlet ssows round the
base of the rocks, along the side of which is a highroad leading
from the foreground in a diagonal direction, into the country ;
two muleteers, with their beast, one of whom is mounted on
his mule, are on the road ; two sheep and a goat are also in
the group, and at some distance off is seen a man coming
through an arched doorway in a wall.
About 1 ft. 11 by 1 st. 7.—C.
Sold by Messrs. Smith, to Stephen Jarrett, Esq., Bristol, 1840.
14. A Herdsman amusing himself with his dog, while his
cattle browse around him. The view is composed of a clump
of trees near the centre, consisting of beech and elms; one of
the former appears to have been riven by a recent gale. The
distance terminates with blue mountains.—Upright shape.
Bequeathed by the late Sir John Erskine, Bart., to the Museum
at Edinburgh.
15. The Humane Traveller. A woody landscape, with a
man bending on one knee, shearing a dog. See description,
No. 47, Vol. VI. Engraved under the above title.
Sold in the Collection of the Hon. Lady Stuart, by Christie
and Manson, 1841. 160 <7$.
Bought by Mr. Nieuwenhuys.
 
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