56 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 161. A Water-Mill. Sm. 68 and 322. A hilly and wooded land- scape. A red-tiled water-mill with its wooden wheels fills most of the left-hand side. The stream in the right foreground has a rugged bank overgrown with bushes, and fenced with hurdles. The sandy foreground on the right is washed into channels by the stream and is seen in sun- light. Clumps of trees behind the mill partly conceal a hill in the distance. Two men are in a meadow ; one of them is busy with a cask. Evening. Canvas, 29 inches by 37^ inches. Sales. Marin, Paris, March 22, 1790 (1010 francs). Claude Tolozan, Paris, February 23, 1 80 1 (2455 francs) ; men- tioned by Ch. Blanc, ii. 1 88. Lafontaine, Paris, May 28, 1821 (5500 francs, Laneuville) ; men- tioned by Ch. Blanc, ii. 347-8. In the collection of Harry Phillips, London, 1835 (Sm.). 162. A Waterfall, with a Water-Mill. Sm. Suppl. 29. On the right a large mill, composed of three separate buildings connected by machinery, stands at the foot of a lofty hill on the bank of a river which flows along the front and is lost is the distance to the left. Two women wash linen. A man carries a basket on his head. Another man stoops to pick up a basket, near a boy. Other figures are on the bank. [Possibly identical with 158/1] Canvas, 24 inches by 29 inches. Imported into England by the London dealer Chaplin, 1836. 163. [Identical with 171.] 164. Water-Mills in a Norwegian Landscape. The mills fill most of the foreground. Two wheels are in motion, and the stream rushing under them forms a waterfall into a large mill-pool. On the right are the ruins of an old building. A rustic bridge leads from this to the mill-house, in front of which two men open the sluice-gate. A mass of trees bounds this side of the composition. On the left are piles in the water and water-plants ; higher up is a picturesque wooded landscape. Panel. Sale. Heris (Hire) of Brussels, Paris, March 25, 1841, No. 22 (4560 francs, Cousin) ; mentioned by Ch. Blanc, ii. 442. 165. Landscape with a Water-Mill. Sm. 183, and Suppl. 118. To the right is a thatched cottage, backed by a clump of trees. The mill-stream flows along the front. On the farther side of it is a high brick embankment, above which is a view over an open country intersected by hedges. Two men fish in the stream. " A beautiful example of the' master, and of the choicest quality" (Sm.). Panel, 14 inches by i6| inches. Sale. Robert de St. Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (3240 francs). Imported into England by Sm., who sold it to the Hon. George J. Vernon. Sale. G. J. Vernon, London, 1831 (136 : ios.). In the collection of Charles Brind, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Henry Labouchere, 1842.
