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 xiv MEINDERT HOBBEMA 377 Sale. London, 1833 (283 : ios., bought in). In the Fordham collection. Sale. Schneider, Paris, April 6, 1876, No. 10 (100,000 francs). In the Antwerp Museum, 1905 catalogue, No. 675. 69. THE WATER-MILL. Sm. 75. In the left middle distance is an overshot water-mill with a red roof and the mill-wheel under cover. In front is a pool. In the left foreground a woodcutter works on a felled tree. To the right is a wooden hut surrounded by a fence; near it stands another woodcutter. A road leads away round the pool j on it are two travellers. At the edge of the pool is an angler. On the right, at some distance from one another, are two cottages and clumps of trees. A fine summer day with cloudy sky. [See 66.] Panel, 30 inches by 43^ inches. Imported from Holland by Harrington. In the Wise and Barnet collections successively. Sale. Abrahams, London, 1831 (451 : ios., Tunnecliff of Derby). In the Hindley collection, Manchester. Sale. O'Neil, London, 1834 (719 : 5s.). Bought from the Paris dealer S. Bourgeois in 1888 for Brussels. In the Brussels Museum, 1908 catalogue, No. 220. 70. Landscape with a Water-Mill. Signed. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 715. In the collection of the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth. 71. THE WATER-MILL. Sm. 105. A pool fills most of the foreground. The mill-stream flows in on the right through a sluice, below which are two water-wheels. The great red roof of the mill stands out against a thick wood to the left and a row of trees to the right. In the left centre foreground is a clump of half a dozen great trees ; farther to the left is a road leading to the distance. On the road in front is a man in a red jacket with a stick on his shoulder ; in the middle distance are a man and a woman. Two slender trees stand before the mill-door, at which is a woman ; a sort of quay extends round the mill-pool. Three ducks are on the water. In the left distance are houses half hidden by trees. A very good picture. [See 66.] Signed in full on the left at foot j canvas, 31^ inches by 43 inches. In the collection of John Ellis, 1755. Described by Sm. in 1835 from a drawing. In the collection of Lord Mount Temple, according to Durand-Ruel in December 1890. In the collection of Prince Demidoff, San Donato ; but not identical with 106. Presented by Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Logan in 1903 to the Chicago Art Institute. In the Chicago Art Institute, 1908 catalogue, No. 16. 72. THE WATER-MILL. Under oaks to the left stands an undershot water-mill with thatched buildings. On the right the mill- stream flows away into the distance, where is a church with a little belfry.