xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 425 219/7. A Wooded Landscape with Water and a Dead Tree. Sale. Sir Thomas Baring, London, June 2, 1848 (162:155., Nieu- wenhuys). 2i9/. Landscape with Water surrounded by High Trees. A cottage in fine sunlight. Panel, 9^ inches by 7^ inches. Sale. Utrecht, September 22, 1851, No. 56. 220. Cottages in a Wooded Landscape. Sm. 115. On the left clumps of tall trees overshadow and partly hide a cottage, at the half- door of which stands a man. In front and at the foot of the trees lie some logs. On the right a high road leads in a direct line past a cottage in the middle distance and, thence passing through a vista of trees, is seen winding over a hill in the distance. In the right foreground is a hurdle fence in a hedge, with a clump of bushy trees rising out of it. A man and a woman walk on the road. Near the second cottage is another man. A passing gleam of sunshine varies the scene. Panel, 24 inches by 33 inches. In the collection of Alexander Baring, London, 1835 (Sm.) ; bought for him in Holland about the year 1817 (for 400). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange, 1854 (Waagen, ii. ill) ; but not among the pictures sold in 1907 to the London dealers Agnew and others. 221. Landscape with Rising Ground and Trees. On the right are trees. To the left is a large open space with cottages. A sun- lit meadow at a distance. Very dark in colour. [Pendant to 6oh. Either this or the pendant is presumably identical with 252.] 2i inches by 15! inches according to Waagen, but most probably the reverse. In the collection of the Earl of Burlington, Holker Hall, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 423). 222. Landscape with a Clump of Trees and a Road. To the right is a clump of trees with a cottage beyond it. On a road in the centre are figures. In the left middle distance is a village. In the centre foreground are low bushes. A somewhat cloudy sky. Panel, about 36 inches by 48 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Burlington, Holker Hall, 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 424). 2220. Cottages under Great Trees. The picture was hung too high to be properly judged, but Waagen doubted its authenticity. In the collection of Charles Wynn, Nostell Priory, 1854 (Waagen, iii. 336). 223. Landscape with Trees on a Bank in the Centre. Sm. 101. A winding road beside the trees leads to a cottage amid trees. At the half-door of the cottage is a woman. In a line with this is another cottage to the left. A wooden hut, with timber lying near, is on the
