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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 289 Sale. Countess of Holderness, London, March 6, 1802, No. 71 (178 : ios., Earl of Breadalbane). In the collection of the Earl of Breadalbane, 1854 (Waagen). 1 08. Horses Watering. Two horses ; one of them, a grey, is rearing. Two bathers. It seems genuine and good, but is not well preserved. In the collection of the Earl of Burlington, Holker Hall, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 423). loSa. Horses Watering. 12 inches by 14^ inches. Sales. Cornelissen, 1842. B. de S., Paris, May 4, 1865, No. 204. 109. Watering Horses. Sm. 138 and Suppl. 133. A hilly land- scape with a large piece of water to the right. On the left a groom on a roan horse rides down the bank, leading a restive piebald horse which follows with reluctance. A youth sits on the bank ; another is undressing to bathe ; two boys are in the water. Wooded hills on the opposite bank. Light clouds in the sky. "A good production " (Sm.). [See note to 105.] Panel, u inches by 14! inches ; the Paillet picture was said to measure 12 inches by 14 inches. Sale. Paillet, Paris, 1777 (2000 francs). In the collection of Baron Delessert, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. F. Delessert, Paris, March 15, 1869, No. 109 (7500 francs). no. Horses Watering. A groom has led two horses into a little stream on the left, where there are several bathers. Another man on a brown horse rides into the stream, leading a rearing grey. In the fore- ground are washerwomen and a horseman with dogs. Another horseman comes down over a bridge which leads to the town gate. Blue sky with clouds driven by the wind. [Probably identical with 113, though the price in 1870 seems low.] Canvas, 18 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Marquis du Blaisel, Paris, March 16, 1870, No. 139 (410 francs). i loa. Horses Watering. Sale. Peploe, London, 1884 (275, bought in). nob. Horses Watering. 12 inches by 5| inches. Sale. London, 1884 (262 : ios.). ill. HORSES WATERING. In the centre a groom on a fine horse almost faces the spectator. He turns his head back to the right to look at a comrade whose horse has stumbled in the water and who barely saves himself from being thrown. To the left, behind the first groom, another man is watering his horse, seen in profile. Between the two and farther away is a fourth man. In the extreme left foreground is a dark horse, seen from the back. In the middle distance a man with a bundle VOL. u u