John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1820 March 15 Letter from brother Abram in Flatford Mill to J.C. in London.
(JCC II, p. 260 and JCC I, p. 189)
1820 March Note from Thomas Lawrence in London to J.C. in London,
- 1822 June undated with a watermark of 1819. (JC: FDC, p. 233)
1820 April 1 Farington records: "Constable called & spoke of a picture he
has prepared for the Exhibition but has not & does not intend
to consult opinions upon it." (The painting was shown as
Landscape, later known as The Young Waltonians.)
"He spoke of the death of the Revd. Dr. Cookson. . . .
Mrs. Cookson & her unmarried daugr. now reside at the house
in Salisbury which belongs to the Revd. John Fisher as Canon
or Prebend of that Cathedral. He married her eldest daugr."
(Farington XVI, pp. 5487-88; see also JCC II, p. 260)
1820 April 14 Letter from John Fisher in Salisbury to J.C. in London. (JCC
VI, pp. 51-52)
1820 April 19 Letter from John Fisher in Salisbury to J.C. in London: "Do
not part with your London and Westminster view without
apprising me. . . . You did right in sending the sea-coast
windmill [Harwich Lighthouse] to the exhibition." (JCC VI, pp.
52-53)
1820 April 27 Letter from John Fisher in Salisbury to J.C. in London:
"Constables 'White Horse' has arrive safe." (JCC VI, p. 53)
1820 April 27 Since 27 April, John Fisher has been pressing J.C. to visit
and after Salisbury. (JCC II, p.262)
1820 April 28 Farington records: "Constable called—had been at private
view of the Academy Exhibition. It appeared to be approved."
(Farington XVI, p. 5498; see also JCC II, p. 261)
1820 April Besides Landscape, later known asThe Young Waltonians,
J.C. sends to the Royal Academy Exhibition Harwich Lighthouse,
a small painting based on an 1815 drawing . (JCC II, p.
260; see also JCC V, p. 89 and JCC VI, p. 52)
1820 June 9 Farington records: "Constable called & shewed a very
flattering Criticism published in a newspaper highly