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 378 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. his hands clasped behind his back. Behind the waggon horses a horse- man halts, facing the spectator ; he drinks from a mug held in both hands. The inn fills almost the whole left half behind the figures ; to the right of it are two lofty trees. In the right middle distance is a river. A woman with a child on her back sits on the nearer bank ; a little boy points to the farther bank, where a man is seated. On the road beyond him is a house. Tall and narrow. In the possession of the London dealers Dowdeswell. In the collection of T. Humphry Ward, London. 428. IN FRONT OF THE INN. Two horsemen halt in front of an inn. One wears a red jacket. On the road are two grooms with dogs ; farther away is a woman. Near the inn are cattle. A fine picture. Signed with the monogram ; 19^ inches by 17 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1892, No. 96. In the collection of R. W. Wilbraham, London. 429. Cavaliers and Ladies in front of an Inn. To the left is the corner of an inn overgrown with creepers, with a slender tree near it. Nearer to the front, in shadow, a young woman stands at a well, over which is fixed an old wheel. On the ground are a pail, a brush, and a jug. A cavalier mounts his grey horse, which faces right, and is held by a young groom. In front of it lies a dog. To the right, farther back, a young cavalier, with a cloak over his right shoulder, stands while a page pours him out a glass of wine. Behind them, a lady on horseback bends down to speak to a cavalier, whose figure is concealed by that of the young man, save for his broad-brimmed grey hat, and the right hand with which he is gesticulating. To the left, behind the grey horse, is another horse- man, emptying a mug, with his back to the spectator. The host stands near and looks up at him. On the right a placid stream flows to the front. On a tongue of land a cavalier is watering his horse, while a horseman waits for him. A peasant, with basket on back and stick on shoulder, sits in shadow to the right of the lady on horseback. Beyond, stretches a broad, flat landscape ; a rustic couple, the woman carrying a child on her back, are walking away. There is also a tramp. Tall and almost square. In the Prado Gallery, Madrid. 430. HORSEMEN HALTING AT AN INN. Sm. 126, 170, 472. Three horsemen halt at the door of an inn. One, with his back to the spectator, bends to take a glass from the host. Another man faces to the front and is wrapped in a cloak. The third, in profile, has drunk and is about to pay ; he holds the second man's horse by the bridle-rein. To the left is a woman with a child in her arms and a boy at her side. In front a dog drinks at a pool. A very fine and richly coloured picture of the middle period. [Pendant to 64.]