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 dealer's reference catalogue of Dutch, Flemish and French painters compiled by the London picture dealer John Smith and issued by Smith and Son in 1829, listing attributions, descriptions, sale prices and owners for collectors, auctioneers and connoisseurs. The plates are photogravure reproductions of pastoral paintings printed sideways on the page, showing cattle, sheep and herdsmen under heavy trees in soft tonal grey, usable as ready-made landscape vignettes, animal silhouettes and cloud studies.
