Life and letters of John Constable, RA . >v. II- 5 o WHITES SELBORNE:—PICTURES AT THE ACADEMY. 97 Close, Salisbury, March 61 h. My dear Constable,—. . I am reading, for the thirdtime, Whites Natural History of Selborne. It is a book thatwould delight you, and be highly instructive to you in yourart, if you are not already acquainted with it. White was theclergyman of the place, and occupied himself with narrowlyobserving and noting down all the natural occurrences that camewithin his view, and this for a number of years. It is mostelegantly written. I fear the book is scarce. But if
Life and letters of John Constable, RA . >v. II- 5 o WHITES SELBORNE:—PICTURES AT THE ACADEMY. 97 Close, Salisbury, March 61 h. My dear Constable,—. . I am reading, for the thirdtime, Whites Natural History of Selborne. It is a book thatwould delight you, and be highly instructive to you in yourart, if you are not already acquainted with it. White was theclergyman of the place, and occupied himself with narrowlyobserving and noting down all the natural occurrences that camewithin his view, and this for a number of years. It is mostelegantly written. I fear the book is scarce. But if you canprocure it, buy it for me and keep it by you. It is in your ownway of close observation, and has in it that quality that, to me,constitutes the great pleasure of your society. . J. Fisher. In 1821 Constable exhibited four pictures at Somerset House: Hampstead Heath, A Shower, Harrow, and Land-scape : Noon. The last was the third he had painted on asix-foot canvas, encouraged to proceed with works on so large ascale by Mr. Fish
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