In 1819 Constable exhibited The White Horse the first of his so-called "six footers," a series of scenes of the banks of the river Stour, immortalizing the countryside in which he had grown up. In the same year, as a direct result of the success of this major step, he was belatedly elected an Associate of the Royal Academy, but did not attain full Academician- ship until ???, an injustice that rankled.