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 xni JACOB VAN RUISDAEL 85 Salf. London, March I, 1743 (Sir Jacob de Bouverie, afterwards Viscount Folkestone, father of the first Earl of Radnor). In the collection of the Earl of Radnor, Longford Castle, 1909 catalogue, No. 1 66. 254. A WATERFALL. Sm. 318, and Suppl. 25. In a wild mountainous landscape a stream flows to the left over a dam, and rushes down amid large rocks and logs to fill the whole foreground. To the left is a rocky hill. On the slope of a hill stands a cottage amid trees ; on the hill-top is a church with a tower. Near the cottage are a man and a woman. In the middle are three men. An "admirable picture" (Sm.). [Pendant to 888.1 Signed in full on a rock to the right ; canvas, about 28 inches by 22 inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1835. In the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale, Lowther Castle ; it was there in l8 35 (Sm.). 255. A WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A STREAM.- The stream is in front. Cloudy sky. Panel, ii| inches by 10 inches. In the Lyons Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 170 ; acquired in 1838. 256. A NORWEGIAN LANDSCAPE WITH A WATER- FALL. Hills in the style of Everdingen. Signed in full on the right ; canvas, 50 inches by 39 inches. In the Lyons Museum, 1903 catalogue, No. 171 ; acquired in 1886. 257. LANDSCAPE WITH A WATERFALL. The water- fall is in the centre. To the left is a ploughed field. On a hill crowned with trees stands a cottage. Very small figures, almost in monochrome, by Ruisdael himself. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 17^ inches by 22^ inches. In the Montpellier Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 752. 258. A WATERFALL IN AN OAK WOOD. To right and left are two large clumps of oaks. Between them is a low waterfall between rocks ; the water flows to the front. Under the trees to the left are two men, one standing and the other seated. In the distance between the trees is seen the cloudy sky. Signed with the monogram on the right at foot ; canvas, 22^ inches by 26 inches. In the Montpellier Museum, 1890 catalogue, No. 754. 259. A HILLY AND WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH A LITTLE WATERFALL. The waterfall is in the left foreground. The tall slender trees are bent to the right by the wind. Almost in the centre of the middle distance is a woodcutter swinging his axe. A dark picture with a grey sky and little colour. Panel, 22 inches by 18 inches or 55 inches by 45 inches. In the collection of the late Sir George Drummond, Montreal.