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 280 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. shoulder. In the distance are dunes and cottages. The cloudy sky and sandy soil give the picture a natural and pleasant appearance. Panel, 19 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, July 19, 1826, No. 39 (300 florins, De Vries). 907*7. Wooded Dunes. Figures. Panel, 38^ inches by 34 inches. Sales. Rotterdam, April n, 1827, No. 54 (120 florins, Netscher). 907^. Dunes with a Cottage. Panel, 8| inches by 10 inches. Sale. J. Verkolje, Rijnzaterwoude, July 14, 1828, No. 78. 907^-. A Heath. A hay-waggon on a road. Figures. Masterly in handling ; according to a MS. note, it is by Dubois. Panel, 12 inches by 17 inches. Sale. J. A. van Dam, Dordrecht, June I, 1829, No. 112 (84 florins, Arteria). 907^. Landscape resembling the Dunes. In front is a boat on a pool : farther away are two figures. Strong and light in tone. Panel, 15 inches by 20 inches. Sale. Rotterdam, April 26, 1830, No. 60 (120 florins, Eyndhoven). 908. Dunes. Sm. 181. On the right a rough road with a clay soil winds over a steep hill, the slopes of which are thickly overgrown with bushes, brambles, and coarse grass. At the foot of the hill, to the right, is a sedgy pool. On the top are two men, near a clump of brambles which stand out against a clear sky. "A production of superlative quality "(Sm.). Panel, i inches by 16 inches. Sale. Robert de St. Victor, Paris, November 26, 1822 (3555 francs). Imported into England in 1824 by Sm., who sold it (for ^210). Sales. Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (195). Nieuwenhuys, London, May 10, 1833 (157 : ios.). 909. DUNES WITH A ROAD. Sm. 189. Rough hills with a clay soil. A road winding through the landscape is flooded in front. On a bank at the roadside grows an old oak. A tree-trunk lies in the grass to the right. In the distance, a traveller comes forward. [Pendant to 7250. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 10 inches by 13 inches. Engraved by W. Austen. Then in the collection of W. Courtenay. Sale. G. Watson Taylor, London, June 13, 1823 (^210). In the collection of Alexander Baring, 1835 (Sm.). In the collection of Lord Ashburton, The Grange, sold as a whole in August 1907 to the London dealers Agnew and others. 910. Landscape. On the right a broad rough sandy road leads past bushes and a clump of stunted trees. To the left is a view over a