380 MEINDERT HOBBEMA SECT. A sketch for the picture measuring 7 inches by 1 1^ inches is in the Dutuit collection, in the Petit Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1907 catalogue, No. 996. Sales. (Probably) J. van der Marck, Amsterdam, August 25, 1773, No. 127 (150 florins, Fouquet). R. de Saint- Victor, Paris, March 26, 1822 (2810 francs). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, Bridgewater House, London, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 148. 78. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER-MILL AND A ROAD WITH RIDERS. Sm. 114. To right and left are clumps of trees. Between the trees is seen the sunlit middle distance, in which cottages amid trees are scattered about the open plain. To the left of the foreground, which is all in shadow, a gable roof projects into the picture. Near it is a road with tree-trunks at the sides. A man sits on a tree-trunk, conversing with another man who stands in front of him. A lady on a grey horse and a gentleman on a bay horse, followed by a servant, ride along the road. A beggar asks an alms of them. To the left, at the edge of the picture, sits a woman. Signed in full, and dated 1668 ; panel, 24 inches by 33 inches. Exhibited in the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1883, No. 246. In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 62 ; it was in the Royal collection in 1835 (Sm.). 79. A WATER-MILL WITH A CLUMP OF TREES AND A ROAD. Sm. 113. An undershot water-mill stands on the left on the farther bank of a reedy pool. It consists of a house placed diagonally to the foreground, with an outbuilding on the left which, with the gable, is turned towards the front. On the right, across a meadow beyond the mill, are two cottages. To the right a road leads through a clump of lofty trees towards a low cottage hidden amid bushes. In the right foreground, in shadow, is a hedge. A woman and a child sit at the roadside in sunlight ; in front a man with a stick walks along. Blue sky with light clouds. "An excellent production" (Sm.). Signed in full ; panel, 2o| inches by 27 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1886, No. 95. In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 129 ; it was in the Royal collection in 1835 (Sm.). 80. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER-MILL. Sm. 102. To the left are a large and a small cottage, near which stands a. water-mill in shadow amid trees. At the side of the mill is a sluice, crossed by a foot-bridge. A river fills the right side of the picture. On the bank are cottages and trees. It is crossed by a bridge, on which is a peasant. In the distance rises a church spire. In the water are a few ducks ; an angler is on the bank. The foreground is in half shadow. Canvas, 26 inches by 31^ inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1821.
