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 reissued catalogue raisonné of Dutch, Flemish, and French painters compiled by the London picture dealer John Smith, printed by Sands in 1908 for collectors, dealers, and auction researchers tracking attributions and sale prices. The plates are soft sepia halftones after old-master paintings, mostly cattle and herdsmen in wooded pasture under heavy skies, plus a crayon-style portrait of a painter in a broad hat; useful for tonal backgrounds, livestock silhouettes, and period portrait heads.
