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 288 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 103. Travellers watering their Horses at a River. Sm. 233. To the right are rocks and trees, near which some travellers halt. Two have dismounted. The others water their horses in a river on the left, where some boys are bathing. Near them are two men in a boat. In the middle distance is a lady on horseback, attended by a man on foot who holds her horse's bridle and followed by another servant. Panel. In the collection of Noel Desenfans, London, 1802 (priced at .105). 104. Horses Watering. Sm. 419. A landscape with the ruins of a tower, and an old bridge with a rustic fence of poles at its side and a statue at the farther end. In front are four men with horses. Two are watering their horses in a river on the right, which a third man has just quitted. The fourth lets his horse feed out of a basket which he holds. Panel, about 14 inches by 16 inches. Engraved in the gallery of Lucien Bonaparte. Sold with the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, 1816. Sale. London, 1816 (210). Grooms watering Horses near a Bridge. Sale. Lord Gwydir, London, March 10, 1829 (315). 105. A Groom watering two Horses. Sm. Suppl. 269. A river flows on the right. It is bounded on the left by a rugged hill, with two old trees on the top. Here a groom, mounted on a white horse and leading a bay, has ridden down the bank into the river; the white horse is drinking but the bay will not enter the water. Two boys bathing are frightened at the horses. A woman with a child at her side passes near the two trees on the hill. In the right distance is a boat, faintly seen through the evening mist. (Probably) panel, 12^ inches by 14^ inches. Sale. Marquess of Camden, London, 1841 (162 : 153., Smith). Compare 109, to which Sm. refers (Sm. 138), and which he identifies also with the Delessert picture (Suppl. 133). His descriptions are similar, but the colours of the horses are different and the woman and child are not mentioned in the Paillet and Delessert picture. 106. Horses Watering. A groom leads two horses to the watering place. To the left sits a woman, arranging the contents of a basket, in which is a lamb. Behind her is a woman on horseback, followed by a man with a basket on his back. To the right is a town on the bank of a canal, in which are boats and persons swimming. Panel, i6 inches by 21 inches. Sale. Heris, Brussels, June 19, 1846, No. 93. 107. Horses Watering. Sm. 240. "An exquisite and highly finished picture in the artist's enamelled style ; the horses are full of action and a clear transparent effect pervades the piece " (Sm.). Mentioned by Buchanan, Memoirs of Painting, i. 317 ; and by Waagen (ii. 239).