Chapter XIV 



Conclusion — Concerning Colour—^ Difficulty oj / 

 Comparisons betwixt Art and Nature "' 



THE art of painting has been usually treated 

 under four distinct heads, viz. : Composition ; 

 Design, or Drawing ; Expression ; and Colouring, — 

 each of which may, in some measure, be applied to 

 landscape gardening, as it has been treated in this 

 work. 



Composition includes those observations on utility, 

 scale, perspective, etc., contained in Chapters I and 

 II. 



Design may be considered as belonging to the remarks 

 on water, woods, fences, lines, etc. , contained in 

 Chapters III, IV, V, VI, and VII. 



Expression includes all that relates to character, situa- 

 tion, arrangement, and the adaptation of works of art 

 to the scenery of nature, which have been discussed 

 in the remaining Chapters of this work ; and, lastly, 



Colouring, so far as it relates to certain artificial objects, 

 has been mentioned in Chapter XI. 



Having since been led to consider this subject more 

 attentively, in consequence of a conversation with Mr. 

 Wilberforce concerning a new theory of colours and 

 shadows, I have, through his intervention, obtained 

 permission to enrich my work with the following curi- 

 ous remarks: and as Mr. Wilberforce, in his letter 

 which enclosed them, observes of their reverend and 



