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xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 429 Signed in full ; panel, 18 inches by 22 inches. Sale. Krupp the younger and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 85. 231. A Wooded Landscape with a Stream. Through the out- skirts of a thick wood flows a clear mountain stream, which rushes down in front over loose stones and rocks. Two men, one of whom ties up brushwood in bundles, and two boys with fishing-rods. Panel, 12 inches by 15 inches. Sale. Krupp the younger and others, Cologne, October 29, 1894, No. 86. 232. A Wooded Landscape with Water. In front, under a clump of fine trees, is a sheet of water. Two persons rest at the roadside. Panel, 23 inches by 33 inches. Sales. J. Gillott, London, April 19, 1872, No. 330 (^231, Lowther). De Reuter and others, London, July i, 1899, No. 84. 233. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH COTTAGES AND FIGURES. Sm. 98. In the centre is a cottage, approached by a winding road from the front. On the road are two men, one of them seated. A third figure is near the cottage door, at which stands a woman. At one side of the road are two old and leafless trees, and a pile of bundles of reeds ; at the other side are five tall and leafy trees, between the trunks of which are seen two cottages. Somewhat dark and brown in tone but vigorous and richly painted. An excellent work. [Identical with 36*7 (Salting).] Signed in full on the right ; panel, 2O inches by 26 inches. Exhibited at the South Kensington Museum, London, 1891-97, No. 36. In the collection of Philip Henry Hope, London, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Henry Thomas Hope, London, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 122). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer. 234. A Wooded Landscape with Cottages (or, Peasants shaking Hands). Sm. Suppl. 7. From the centre foreground a road winds into the distance. A man and a woman meet and shake hands ; beside them stands a boy. Beyond them a man and a girl go towards two cottages amid trees. Farther away are two other figures. Here the view is bounded by low trees and a cottage. In the left foreground is part of a cottage, with a thick grove beyond. On the right are more trees partly hiding another cottage. A grey day with a transient gleam of sunshine. "A well-finished and clear work" (Sm.). [Identical with I27<? (Salting). Translator's Note.'] Panel, 24^ inches by 32^ inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1847. In the collection of Joseph Barchard, London. In the collection of the Hon. Long Wellesley, Brussels, 1842 (Sm.) and 1 847 ; afterwards in that of Lady Wellesley, Brussels. Sale. London, May 3, 1902, No. 104 (9660, Agnew). 235. A Wooded Landscape. A swollen stream rushing to the