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 Described in Smith's Catalogue (Supplement, p. 104. n* 86) as follows : « The interior of a country alehouse, in which are live persons, two of whom are in the centre and front of the apartment; one of them, wearing a drab hat and a greyish dress, is seated, lighting his pipe til a pot of embers; his companion, dressed in a purple jacket, stands before him, leaning his left arm on the back of a chair, and holding a jug in his right hand. Near a chimney, in the back of the room, a woman, a man, and a boy. » Signed : A. v. Ostade.

Panel,1012in.by1212in.

Exhibited at the Royal Academy, London, 1895. Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne »,

Supplement, p. 104. 11 ° 86.

From the Collection of J. 15. van Lancker, Antwerp,

18. " 55. M. Tardieu fils. Paris. 1840 . Colonel Dire, Paris, 1)541. .M. Stayaert van den Dusche, Brussels, 1806. Yicomte de Buisscret, Brussels, 1891 . is

Two are standing, and seen nearly in profile; the nearer to the spectator is of a dull dun colour, the other of a reddish brown; the third is white, with brown patches, and is lying down ruminating. A cluster of trees on the left. Signed, and dated 1602 . Panel, 16 in. byi5 in.

Engraved in the « Leigh Court Gallery ».

Described in Smith's « Catalogue Raisonne », part v, p. 141, n” 55. Dr. W'aagen’s, Art « Treasures in Great Britain *, vol. 111. p. 184. From the Collection of Hart Davies, Esq., 1814. Peter James Miles. Esq.. Leigh Court. Bristol.