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 vni PHILIPS WOUWERMAN 505 779/ A Cavalry Fight. [Compare 775^. Pendant to 8 iif.J ii inches by 15 inches. Sale. T. Statter, London, June 19, 1905, No. 154. 779,g-. A Cavalry Fight. II inches by 16 inches. Sale. H. J. A. Eyre and others, London, December 9, 1905, No. 47. 780. A CAVALRY FIGHT. Almost in the centre foreground a foot-soldier stabs a horseman who is about to strike with the butt-end of his carbine. To the left is another man on a piebald horse, with his back to the spectator, firing at infantry who advance on the left under fire. On the right three horsemen pursue a fourth and fire their pistols. In the centre of the middle distance two horsemen ride away into a valley, where the fight continues round baggage- waggons. On the ground lie dead men and horses. Signed on the left at foot with the monogram ; canvas, 2i| inches by 26^ inches. Mentioned by Waagen (Suppl. 193) ; and by W. Bilrger, Tresors d 1 Art en Angleterre, 300. Exhibited at Manchester, 1857. Sale. George Field, London, June 10, 1893, No. 43. In the possession of the Paris dealer Ch. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of I oo Paintings," 1895, No. 51. Sale. Ch. Sedelmeyer, Paris, May 25, 1907, No. 209 (6300 francs). 781. A CONFLICT OF CAVALRY FOR A STANDARD. Sm. Suppl. 162. Six horsemen are fighting on a battle-field. Two are struggling desperately for a standard ; one on a roan horse cuts at his adversary, who aims his pistol. A third man, in Oriental dress, bestrides his fallen horse and defends himself against a foot-soldier who levels his musket at him. To the left a fourth man on a dark horse attacks a foot- soldier who stabs his horse. Beyond these a fifth man falls from his grey horse, which is galloping. "An excellent work " (Sm.). Panel, 13^ inches by i8| inches. Sale. John Maitland, London, July 30, 1831 (132 : 6s.). In the collection of J. M. Oppenheim, London, 1842 (Sm.). Sales. J. M. Oppenheim, London, 1864 (346 : IDS., Webb). Lady Page Turner and others, London, February 21, 1903, No. 30. In the possession of the London dealers Dowdeswell. In the collection of John Walter, Bearwood. 782. A BATTLE BETWEEN CHRISTIANS AND ORIENTALS. Sm. 425 and Suppl. 211. From the left infantry move forward at the double and fire at troops of Oriental cavalry armed with bows, lances, and swords. In the foremost group a negro, bestriding his wounded horse, defends himself with his lance against a foot-soldier who aims a musket at him. Behind the negro a soldier in red on a galloping grey horse turns round and shoots an arrow at a pursuer. The Orientals are beaten back.