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 xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 365 36*. A COTTAGE IN A WOOD. In the centre, at the side of a road winding from the left foreground to the right distance, a man stands conversing with a seated man. In the middle distance a man stands con- versing with a woman standing at the door of a cottage. To the right are another cottage and figures, with trees. [Identical with 233, and possibly with 51 and 6o/.] Panel, 2o| inches by 26| inches. In the collection of George Salting, London ; bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1909. In the National Gallery, London, No. 2570. 37. A RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH A FARM. A sluggish stream flows through the middle and fills the whole foreground. On the left bank, in front, is part of a haystack. Farther away, near a tall tree, is a farm with a red-tiled roof. Beyond is a wooden bridge over the stream ; a man is crossing it. On the farther bank is an angler with a man resting. Panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. In the collection of the late F. Fleischraann, London ; acquired about the year 1907. 38. LANDSCAPE WITH A ROAD AND A COTTAGE UNDER TREES. On the road, which leads away from the right centre, are a man and a boy. To the left, under a clump of great trees, stands a cottage. Another cottage, also surrounded by old trees, stands in the right middle distance. In the centre is a distant view. Cloudy sky. [Pendant to 83.] Signed in full ; panel, 20 inches by 26 inches. In the collection of Baron van der Bruggen. In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, " Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 58. In the collection of Baroness Hirsch de Gereuth, Paris. In the collection of Baron de Forest, London. 39. COTTAGES AND CORNFIELDS. Sm. 122. A road through a wooded landscape leads to a cottage, partly surrounded by trees, in the middle distance. In front of it stand a man, a woman, and a child. Along a path to the right comes a man with a sack on his right shoulder. Another cottage stands under trees to the left ; beyond it is a cornfield. In front are a hedge, bushes, undergrowth, and a fallen tree on the bank of a pond. A " pleasing example . . . painted with a full pencil of colour " (Sm.). Panel, 13 inches by 18 inches. In the collection of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 1909 catalogue, No. 6 ; it was there in 1760, according to the catalogue of that date. 40. COTTAGES AMONG WOODED DUNES. In the left foreground a cottage stands under old oaks on a bank. Farther away is another cottage under oaks in full sunlight. A road passes through a pool in front and leads away to the right ; on it are two persons with a child conversing. Two birds in a cloudy sky.