xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 409 On the farther bank, in the left centre, is another clump of willows, which are reflected in the water. To the left is a cornfield on rising ground, with trees beyond. In the right middle distance is a road, leading diagon- ally across the picture to the left distance. In the centre stand a man, a woman, and a boy. To the right a man walks along the road. Beyond the road is a wood filling the whole of the right distance. " Characterised by its freshness of tone and close approximation to nature " (Sm.). Panel, 12 inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (.207 : i8s.). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., 1835 (Sm.) ; bought with the collection for the National Gallery, 1871. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 833. 162. WOODY LANDSCAPE. Sm. 63. A road leads from the centre foreground through a grove of trees to the left distance. Near the front stand a woman and a man with a stick, with a child between them. Farther back, beyond the trees, is a man. To the left is a thick wood, with very lofty trees in front, and a tree-trunk lying. To the right, behind a tall and solitary tree, a large country-house with a thatched roof stands in the shadow. A woman stands at the door. Behind the house are more trees, the outskirts of another wood. Through the trees in the centre distance, in full sunlight, is another house amid trees, with a pool in front of it, and figures on the bank. Canvas, 39 inches by 52 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826. In the Leader collection, Putney, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Wynn Ellis, bequeathed in 1876 to the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1906 catalogue, No. 995. 163. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A ROAD. In the centre is a still pool, with a view of the distance beyond. On a road to the right are two men ; one, dressed in black and grey, stands, while the other, in red, is seated. In the centre farther away is a shepherd, seen from the back. In the water to the left is a withered tree. Between the pool and the road is a clump of lofty trees ; the foliage of one has turned quite yellow. Signed in full in the right centre, with the M and H connected ; panel, 24 inches by 33^ inches. Sale. Sir George Elliot and others, London, July 8, 1905, No. 100 (189, Sir Hugh Lane). Sold by Sir H. Lane to the London dealers Dowdeswell, and by them to Agnew. In the possession of the London dealers T. Agnew and Sons. 164. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A POOL. Sm. 2. In the left foreground is a sedgy pool. In the centre of the middle distance is a clump of tall trees. In front of these is a cottage, near which two men are making up bundles of reeds. Nearer the right foreground a man carries a board under his left arm towards them. To the right, behind
