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 to 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
A multi-volume catalogue raisonné of Dutch, Flemish and French painters compiled by the London picture dealer John Smith, reissued by Sands in 1908 for collectors, dealers and connoisseurs tracking attributions, provenance and sale prices. The plates are soft-focus halftone reproductions of oil paintings — a plumed-hat portrait of a young woman, a family group, an altarpiece of angels and martyrdom, and a crowded garden fête — offering Baroque figure poses, costume detail and heavy tonal modelling.
