3 o6 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. in the boat pull in their nets. Another sailing-boat on the extreme left makes for the right distance, where there is a narrow strip of coast-line, with a ruin, trees, houses, and a wind-mill ; to the left of these is a town. A "clever picture" (Sm.). Canvas, 13^ inches by 23 inches. Engraved by Canot, 1759. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1888, No. 103. In the Burgess collection, 1759. In the collection of C. T. D. Crews, London. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 100 Paintings," 1896, No. 38. 983*. Sea-Piece with a Frigate and Boats. Panel. Sale. Charles Brandling and others, London, January 9, 1897, No. 87. 984. A STORMY SEA. Ships are being driven on to rocks. This work is very nearly related to 941 and 942 (Berlin). Signed in full ; canvas, 39 inches by 48 inches. Exhibited at South Kensington Museum, London, 1891, No. 16. 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. 984^7. Sea-Piece. Storm-clouds coming up. The rough sea is alive with ships. In front is a sailing-boat with men. Signed ; canvas, 14^ inches by 19 inches. Sale. D'Eve and others, Cologne, March 20, 1899, No. 129. 984^. Ships in a Breeze off the Dutch Coast. Canvas, 36 inches by 51 inches. Sale. Mrs. Hirsch and others, London, May 24, 1902, No. 69. 984^. Leaving the Harbour. 15 inches by 18 inches. Sale. Knight Erskine, London, December 12, 1903, No. 122. 984^. Ships in a Storm. 19 inches by 27 inches. Sale. L. H. Hicks and others, London, December 20, 1905, No. 92. 984*. A Seaport in Stormy Weather. Canvas, 12^ inches by i8| inches. Sale. Brussels, May 5, 1906, No. 95. 984/1 A Stormy Sea. Heavy clouds in the sky. Two sailing-boats. A large ship has anchored. To the left is a breakwater. Signed with the monogram ; panel, u inches by 15 inches. Sale. V. Gay and others, Paris, April 23, 1909, No. 48.
