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 92 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. 282. A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER- FALL. In the collection of Colonel Egremont Wyndham, Petworth, 1854 (Waagen, iii. 40). In the collection of Lord Leconfield, Petworth, No. 48**. 283. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. On the left bank are two hills. To the right, farther back, are small figures near a house. In front is a fallen birch tree. 40 inches by 55^ inches. In the collection of W. P. Wilstach, Philadelphia. In the Wilstach Gallery, Philadelphia, 1907 catalogue, No. 250. 284. A WATERFALL NEAR A CASTLE. In the centre is a placid sheet of water. The stream flows down in a cascade to the foreground, foaming amid rocks, and then runs away to the left. To the right is a high cliff deeply scarred and crowned with a few oaks. Beyond the water rises a cliff with the extensive precincts of a castle. A road leads down to a wooden bridge across the water. On the bridge is a woman with a burden on her head, leading a child and followed by a dog. Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 26 inches by 19^ inches. In the collection of Prince Galitzin. Sale. Auguiot, Paris, March I, 1875, No. 26. In the collection of Max Kann, Paris. In the collection of Maurice Kann, Paris. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 187. In the collection of Rodman Wanamaker, Philadelphia. 285. A WATERFALL IN A HILLY AND WOODED LANDSCAPE. In the centre and left foreground are two little water- falls, the stream below which fills almost the whole width of the picture. Between the falls are great rocks and some grass-grown soil ; below these is another little waterfall. Beyond at the edge of the picture is seen part of a placid sheet of water. In the right foreground is the rocky and grass-grown bank, with the sunlit stump of a tree that has fallen at the back and another tree that has been uprooted and lies with its branches in the stream. The bank runs farther back and then bends to the left. It is thickly wooded. On the right may be noted an oak, a light beech, and a tree-stump. On the farther bank a man in red and a woman in a dark dress walk away. Some sheep graze near them. Signed in full on the right at foot ; 39 inches by 49 inches. In the possession of the London dealer Martin Colnaghi. In the collection of P. A. B. Widener, Philadelphia, 1908 catalogue, No. 247. 286. A WATERFALL. In the centre of the middle distance a foaming waterfall rushes down amid rocks and fills the whole foreground. In the water lie many tree-trunks, one of which retains its foliage. On the right is another small waterfall from a hole in a rock. The left bank is thickly wooded. Beyond the waterfall is a placid sheet of water, with a