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 5 g 2 PHILIPS WOUWERMAN SECT. 993. A View on the Sea-Shore at Scheveningen. Sm. Suppl. 260. On a bank in front a man in a blue costume and red cloak on a bay horse converses with a lady in blue and yellow silk and a well-dressed cavalier, who stands with his back to the spectator. Near them is a boy with two dogs. On the other side of the bank is a woman with a basket at her back. There are some boats on the sea ; several are drawn up on shore. " A good specimen " (Sm.). Panel, 9^ inches by 13 inches. In the collection of Edward Gray, Harringay House, London, before 1842 (Sm.). In the collection of D. van der Schrieck, Louvain, 1842 (Sm.). Sale. D. van der Schrieck of Louvain, Brussels, April 8, 1861, No. 143 (6600 francs, Wallas of Paris). 993,7. The Sea-Shore near Scheveningen. Sale. C. Scarisbrick, London, May 1861 (152, Bale). 993^. On the Sea-Shore. In the Schleissheim Gallery, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 810). 993r. Landscape near the Sea. In the Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna, 1863 (Parthey, ii. 810) ; but not now to be identified there. 994. SHIPS LOADING IN A RIVER. Sm. 277 and Suppl. 101. To the left is a river alive with shipping. At the bank in front lie barges partly laden with casks and bales. A cavalier and lady in travelling costume and a boy watch two men rolling a bale into a barge. Farther right on the steep bank, near packages, sit two women, one of whom is suckling a child. In front two boys sail a toy ship. On the right a grey horse lies in front of a piebald and a bay horse. In the centre, farther back, stands a waggon with three horses in profile to the left ; a man on top and another man unload the goods. To the right, farther back, are pack mules and ships' masts. On the extreme right part of a watch- tower is just seen at the edge of the frame ; a basket hangs from a pole on top of it. A somewhat crowded composition, but not bad of its kind. " Rich in subject and of excellent quality ; painted about the commence- ment of the artist's third manner " (Sm.). Signed on the right at foot with the full monogram ; panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. Engraved by W. Steelink. Sale. Hart Davis, London, 1814 (286 : 135., Norton "Well worth 525," according to Sm.). In the collection of the Duchesse de Berry, Paris, 1829 (Sm.) ; offered for private sale, London, 1834, and bought by Steengracht (for 500). In the Steengracht collection, The Hague. 995. SHIPS UNLOADING IN A RIVER. Sm. 154. On the right is a broad river with ships in the distance. At the bank in front lies a boat, the fore-part of which alone is visible ; a man is unloading it