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vin PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 491 In the foreground is a cavalry skirmish. A rider, seizing the left arm of a man bearing a blue standard, is striking him with a battle-axe. Another trooper in a red coat approaches from the left. Some colours and several dead and wounded men lie on the ground. " An excellent picture of the most esteemed quality " (Sm.). Signed with the monogram ; panel, 13 inches by 24! inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 296). Sale. Rutland House, London, 1827 (215 : 55.). In the collection of Colonel Ainslie, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of Wynn Ellis, bequeathed to the National Gallery, 1876. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 976. 748. A CAVALRY SKIRMISH. Sm. 415. In the right fore- ground is a group of four troopers. One strikes out with his sabre at his enemy, who fires his pistol at him. To the right another man on a rearing grey horse in profile to the left does the same. In the left fore- ground a trooper has fallen from his horse, which is collapsing. Behind them is the firing line. On a hill in the distance is a town. Panel, 16 inches by 19 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 47) ; but it cannot have come from the Fesch collection, sold in 1845, as he says ; the Fesch picture (7750 does not corre- spond in details. Engraved by Fittler in the Stafford Gallery, No. 100. Sale. Gillis van Hoven, Amsterdam, March 10 or 24, 1755 (Terw. ill), No. I (510 florins, De Leth). In the collection of the Marquess of Stafford, 1829 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, No. 241. 749. A BATTLE BETWEEN INFANTRY AND CAVALRY. Sm. 189 and Suppl. 67. On the slope of a steep hill, defended at the top by artillery, a furious combat is raging. At the foot is a river. In the centre three horsemen are fighting hand to hand. The foremost man on a grey horse falls backwards. The infantry are fighting fiercely with knives, pistols, guns, and lances. In the left foreground lies a dead horse. High up on the hill to the right are two trees. An officer on a dark horse stands out in strong relief against the sky. Signed on the right at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 32 inches by 46 inches. Mentioned by Waagen (ii. 19). Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826 and 1827. Sales. Johan Verkolje, Amsterdam, October 24, 1763, No. I (410 florins, Ottens). Amsterdam, June 5, 1765, No. 4 (225 florins). Proley, Paris, 1787 (1272 francs). In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, No. 78 ; it was in the Royal collection, 1829 (Sm.). 750. A CAVALRY ENCOUNTER ON A HILL. Sm. Suppl. 89. In the foreground, to the right of the centre, a soldier on a grey horse, seen from the back in a three-quarter view, fires his carbine at