82 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. G. Watson Taylor, London, June 13, 1823 (283 : los., Gower). Lord F. Leveson Gower, London, 1831 (241 : ios., Stanley). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1851 catalogue, No. 188. 246. A LITTLE WATERFALL. Sm. 172, and Suppl. 74. In a wooded landscape a placid stream fills the whole middle distance, except for a small piece of bank on the left ; it forms a little waterfall in the centre. To the left are bushes and trees. In the right middle distance is a wooden bridge, across which a shepherd drives his sheep. Beyond is gently rising ground with bushes and trees, at the back of which are lofty ruins in full light. In the centre are seen distant hills. Canvas, 12 inches by 16 inches. Sales. Due d'Alberg, London, 1817 (73 : ios.). Sir Charles Bagot, London, June 17, 1836 (73 : ios., Lord Francis Egerton). In the collection of Lord Francis Egerton. In the collection of the Earl of Ellesmere, Bridgewater House, London, 1851 catalogue, No. 172. 247. A WATERFALL. Sm. 314. A mountain stream flows from the left middle distance, winding round a rock, and rushes down between rocks in a waterfall in the foreground. In the left middle distance is a rocky slope with trees ; to the right is a meadow with firs and other trees and three figures. In the distance is a steep bare cliff. Cloudy sky. Of the last period. Signed in full ; canvas, 38 inches by 32 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, ii. 344. Engraved by R. Cockburn. In the collection of Noel Desenfans, which he bequeathed to Sir P. F. Bourgeois, 1807. In the Dulwich College Gallery, London, 1892 catalogue, No. 105 (old No. 154). 248. A WATERFALL. A waterfall pours down in front. It is divided into three parts by two great rocks ; there is a rock also on either bank. In the left middle distance is a hill with three fir trees. On the top sits an artist sketching ; near him are a man and a dog. In the right middle distance is a cottage ; sheep graze in a meadow in front. In the distance are hills. Signed on the left ; canvas, i8| inches by 16 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1872, No. 206. Sale. William II., King of Holland, The Hague, August 12, 1850, No. 95 (920 florins, M. Nieuwenhuys). Sold by Nieuwenhuys in 1851 to Thomas Baring, in whose collection it was in 1857 (Waagen, Suppl. 99). In the collection of the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889 catalogue, No. 91. 249. A RIVER FORMING A WATERFALL. In a land-
