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 xin JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 93 steep wooded bank at the back and fir trees to the right. On a steep hill beyond is a round tower with houses. In the right middle distance are figures. Tall and narrow. In the collection of Mrs. Byers, Pittsburg. 287. A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER- FALL. The water falls in two cascades between tree-clad rocks. On the right bank are sheep ; farther back is the shepherd under the trees. Sketchy in handling and weak in colour. Signed in full to the right of the broken tree ; canvas, 47^ inches by inches. In the Rudolfinum, Prague, 1889 catalogue, No. 590 ; it was there in 1796. 287*. A WATERFALL IN NORWAY. [Identical with 213*-] In the collection of Sir F. Cook, Bart., Richmond, Surrey. 288. LANDSCAPE WITH A LITTLE WATERFALL. In the distance is a dark oak wood from which a torrent flows over rocks to the front. At the edge of the wood is a man in a red coat. Dark clouds. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 1 1 inches by 8| inches. In the'Zweibriicken Gallery. In the Schleissheim Gallery, 1905 catalogue, No. 869. 289. A WOODED AND HILLY LANDSCAPE WITH A BROAD WATERFALL. The water flows down in the centre over rocks to the right. To the left, at the foot of high hills, is a great oak bending to the right. On the right side of the fall is a fir tree bending to the left, with two fir-stumps. Two similar stumps are in the left foreground. On the right a stag rushes down, followed by two huntsmen with dogs. By the stream to the right are two beaters ; one stoops to fill his cup with water. The figures are by Slingelbach or Berchem. Signed in full on the left at foot j canvas, 32^- inches by 40 inches. In the Schwerin Museum, 1882 catalogue, No. 910 ; it was there in 1792. 290. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. The water- fall is in front. The stream flows between wooded banks. In front lies a withered tree, filling more than half the width of the picture. By the roadside to the right is a woman. Cloudy sky. Canvas, 26 inches by 21 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1885, No. 91. In the collection of A. P. Heywood Lonsdale, Shavington. 291. A LARGE WATERFALL. The foreground is somewhat dark, but the picture is certainly genuine. The trees are very well relieved against the sky. The water and the sky with light clouds to the right are characteristic. In the collection of Count Wachtmeister, Wanas, but temporarily at Kulla Gunnarstorp, Sweden.