John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

several pictures"; etc. (Farington XV, p. 5291; see also JCC II,
p. 241 and JCC IV, p. 266)
1818 Dec 1 Attends his first Artists' General Benevolent Institution
(A.G.B.I.) meeting. (JC: FDC, p. 322)
1818 Dec 3 Letter from Henry Greswolde Lewis at Greet in
Worcestershire to J.C. in London: "the Figure of my Ancestor
must rest with you in his Norman Coat and Armour." (JCC IV,
p. 59)
1818 Dec 7 Farington records: "Constable called. Dawe was with Him
yesterday, being just arrived from Aix la Chapelle, where
according to His own acct. He had been very successful,
having painted many portraits, and was to go to Petersbergh
where much employment awaited Him.—He sd. English Art
had now gained a preference over French Art on the
Continent. Dawe sd. that Sir Thos. Lawrence finished His
pictures at Aix la Chapelle more lightly than He had been
accustomed to." (Farington XV, pp. 5294-95; see also JCC II,
p. 241)
1818 Dec 16 Farington records: "Constable called & shewed me a list of His
annual expences formed upon a Plan which I recommended to
Him. It appeared that His annual expenditure might be
reckoned at about £400"; etc. (Farington XV, pp. 5300-02;
see also JCC II, p. 241)
1818 Dec 18 Attends meeting of Directors of A.G.B.I. (JC: FDC, p. 322)
1818 Dec 26 Dr. Rhudde draws up a new will, giving Maria equal shares with
her brother and sisters. (JCC II, p. 242)
1818 Portraits of Dr. Wingfield and Dr. Walker, both dated 1818.
(JCC VI, p. 37; see also JCC IV, p. 311, JC: FDC, pp. 140,
306, JCC I, p. 169 and JCC II, p. 237)
1818 Letter from Dorothea Fisher in London to J.C. in London: "We
all return you many thanks for the sight of the two portraits.
. . . we all anticipate the satisfaction we shall have in the
possession of an equally good portrait of the Bishop.—As we
are not acquainted with the originals we cannot judge of the
likeness but I am sure they must be like. . . . There is a