LANDSCAPE AND WOODLAND PICTURES. 



the crops of the same tree could not 

 have succeeded each other on the same 

 ground generation after generation as 

 th ey have done. Mountains which un- 

 planted would have been almost bared 

 to the rock by constant denudation, have 

 a deep covering of leaf-mould; the same 



may be said of Fir and Spruce woods, 

 in which the fallen Pine-needles have 

 formed a bed of black mould. Tree 

 crops manure themselves and enrich the 

 ground on which they grow, a fact that 

 should never be lost sight of in consi- 

 dering the planting of poor lands. — S. 



SALISBURY, 



CONSTABLE - P 

 BY JOHN CONSTABLE. 



6ARCXALJ.S 



LANDSCAPE AND WOODLAND 

 PICTURES BY THE MASTER 

 PAINTERS. 



Pursuing our series of engravings of 

 landscape pictures by masters in the art, 

 we this time give one of a picture by 

 Constable, who was the first to finely 

 interpret the rural charm of our English 

 landscape, the full eflects and values 



being given in a fresh and true way. 

 His methods had a marked influence 

 upon the work of greatartists like Corot. 

 His best painting was done in the eastern 

 counties, and although not fashionable 

 at present, his work is always good in 

 air, and often beautiful. He passed 

 much of his active life at Hampstead,at 

 that time a rural neighbourhood. 



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