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422 DAVID TENIERS.
the same instant a group of joyous peasants are seen ap-
proaching to join them ; these appear to have just quitted a
cottage at the side; in the distance may be observed a large
party, several of whom are dancing round the maypole.
Painted in a broad and masterly style.
About 3 st. by 4 st.—C.
Sold in the Collection of the Right Hon. M. A. Tayler, M.P.,
1835, by Mr. Rainy. 221 gs.
54. The Boon Companions. Two boors, one of whom,
wearing a blue jacket, seated at a little table on the left,
having a jug in one hand and a pipe in the other, is in the
act of turning round to address his companion, who is en-
gaged lighting his pipe ; a shelf, on which are various objects,
is in the back of the room ; the figures are seen to the knees.
A good example of the master.
6 in. by 5^.—P.
In the Collection of Samuel Barton, Esq., Manchester.
55. The Boors’ Concert. A company of four men and a
woman grouped round a covered table, with a desk on it, in
the left of a large room, performing a concert; one of the
performers, a young man in a brown dress, is seated in a
profile view, playing on the hurdy-gurdy; opposite to him sits
a stout fellow, wearing a cinnamon-coloured jacket, with his
back to the spectator, playing on a bagpipe; the remaining
two are seated on the farther side of the table, accompanying
the instruments with their voices, and the woman looks over
them; the heads of two men are seen at a little window
above, and a third person stands behind a door in the back of
the apartment; on the foreground of the picture are a cask
with a hat and a cloak on it, and a stool with a drab
great coat thrown across it. This excellent production is
the same instant a group of joyous peasants are seen ap-
proaching to join them ; these appear to have just quitted a
cottage at the side; in the distance may be observed a large
party, several of whom are dancing round the maypole.
Painted in a broad and masterly style.
About 3 st. by 4 st.—C.
Sold in the Collection of the Right Hon. M. A. Tayler, M.P.,
1835, by Mr. Rainy. 221 gs.
54. The Boon Companions. Two boors, one of whom,
wearing a blue jacket, seated at a little table on the left,
having a jug in one hand and a pipe in the other, is in the
act of turning round to address his companion, who is en-
gaged lighting his pipe ; a shelf, on which are various objects,
is in the back of the room ; the figures are seen to the knees.
A good example of the master.
6 in. by 5^.—P.
In the Collection of Samuel Barton, Esq., Manchester.
55. The Boors’ Concert. A company of four men and a
woman grouped round a covered table, with a desk on it, in
the left of a large room, performing a concert; one of the
performers, a young man in a brown dress, is seated in a
profile view, playing on the hurdy-gurdy; opposite to him sits
a stout fellow, wearing a cinnamon-coloured jacket, with his
back to the spectator, playing on a bagpipe; the remaining
two are seated on the farther side of the table, accompanying
the instruments with their voices, and the woman looks over
them; the heads of two men are seen at a little window
above, and a third person stands behind a door in the back of
the apartment; on the foreground of the picture are a cask
with a hat and a cloak on it, and a stool with a drab
great coat thrown across it. This excellent production is