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xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 381 In the collection of the Marquess of Bute, London, Richter's 1884 catalogue, No. 8 1 ; it was in Lord Bute's collection at Luton in 1835 (Sin.). 81. A WATER-MILL. The same mill as in the Amsterdam picture (66) but seen from one of the narrow sides. It stands in the left foreground, with a woman walking up to the left in front. In the right foreground are great trees and a road, on which two men exchange greetings. In the wooded middle distance to the right is a cottage. [See 66.] Signed in full in the right-hand corner at foot; panel, 2i| inches by 29 inches. In the possession of the Paris dealer, E. Wildenstein. Sale. C. T. Yerkes, New York, April 5, 1910, No. 123 but No. 46 of the edition de luxe of the catalogue (Dowdeswell). In the possession of the London dealers Dowdeswell. 82. WOODY LANDSCAPE WITH A LARGE WATER- MILL. Sm. 123. In the left foreground is a great oak, the topmost branches of which are cut off by the upper edge of the frame. Near it are bushes, with seven figures. A lady and a gentleman listen to the playing of three men with fiddle and pipe, who sit on a log at the roadside ; two other figures are in the centre foreground. A rude fence crosses the foreground diagonally. On a broad river to the right stands an undershot water-mill, consisting of three buildings. Beyond the river to the right are three cottages, with trees and figures. Cloudy sky. The effect of sunlight beyond the river is very fine, but the shadows in the foreground have darkened. An important work. The foreground figures are attributed in the Dulwich catalogue to an unknown painter and those in the distance to Hobbema himself, but this statement must remain unconfirmed. Signed in full ; panel, 23^ inches by 32^ inches. Engraved by R. Cockburn. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 87 (old No. 131) ; it was valued by Sm. in 1835 ( at ^5)- 83. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER-MILL AND A CLUMP OF TREES. On the left are an undershot water-mill and a cottage beyond a stream. A road leads from the right-hand corner towards the left ; a man and a woman stand conversing. In the right centre is a clump of tall trees. Beyond the road is a wood. [Pendant to 3 8.] Signed in full ; panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. In the collection of Baron van der Bruggen. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 59. In the collection of Baroness Hirsch de Gereuth, Paris. In the collection of Baron de Forest, London. 84. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER- MILL. In front is a pool, with a man angling near a felled tree-trunk. On the right, near the water, is flat country with a house and four figures.