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 x ADRIAEN VAN OSTADE 227 283. Two Peasants smoking and drinking. Three- quarter - length. On the left, a man sits in profile to the right, with his hat on his left knee ; he is lighting his pipe. On a little table to the right are a pipe and a paper of tobacco. Behind it, almost facing the spectator, stands another man, wearing a hat and a cloak. He has a jug in his left hand and holds up a glass in his right. Engraved in mezzotint by Jan de Later. 284. The Drinker and the Smoker. Half-length. In front is a laughing drinker, wearing a cap. He holds a half-filled glass in his left hand, and with his right hand points to the right, where in the shadow of the background the other peasant is comfortably blowing out a cloud of smoke. Engraved in mezzotint by Jan van Somer (Wessely, 78). 285. Two Men at an Inn. Sm. 182. Three-quarter-length. The nearer man, wearing a jacket and a large cap, sits on a cask, holding a tall glass of liquor, with which he seems to propose the health of his com- panion, who sits beside him. This man, seen in full face and wearing a cap, leans on the table with his left hand which grasps a pipe, and rests his right fist on his hip. On a little table before them are a pipe and a paper of tobacco. By the fireplace behind them is a woman with her back to the spectator. Engraved by J. Suyderhoef (Wussin, 119). 286. TWO WOMEN DRINKING. Sm. Suppl. 56. An old woman and a young woman sit facing each other at a table in a room. One holds a square glass bottle ; the other holds up a glass. A late picture, dating about 1670. Signed in full ; panel, 8 inches by 7 inches. Mentioned by Waagen, iii. 268. In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, No. 87 ; it was there in 1842 (Sm.). 286^. Two Women drinking. [Pendant to 248^.] 8 inches by 6 inches. Mentioned by Droste in his poem on his collection, 1716 edition, p. 64. S*&r. Coenrad Baron Droste, The Hague, July 21, 1734 (Hoet, i. 428), No. 87 (75 florins). Amsterdam, April 2, 1754 (Terw. 84), No. 25 (44 florins). Willem van Haansbergen, The Hague, June 19, 1755 (Terw. 127), No. 1 6 (57 florins). 287. A CONFIDENTIAL CHAT. Sm. Suppl. 7 and 119. A countrywoman, in a red bodice trimmed with white at the neck and a grey skirt, sits at a table to the left, holding a wine-glass in her hands which rest on the table. She looks with a smile at the spectator, and listens to the words of a peasant who sits to the right of her behind the table. The man wears a dark-grey costume and a hat, and holds a pewter pot in his left hand. On the table before him lie his white clay pipe and a gauffre