John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

trees. . . I have likewise made many skies and effects. . . . We
have had noble clouds & effects of light & dark & color. . . . I
am much behind hand with the Bridge, which I have great
hindrances in. . . . The beautiful Ruisdael of the 'Windmill and
log-house' which we admired at the Gallery is left there for
the use of the students—I trust I shall be able to procure a
memorandum of it--& there is a noble N. Poussin at the
Academy. . . . and I should like, & will if possible possess a fac
simile of it. . . . If I cannot come to you I will send you the
results of this summers study. . . . I must go into Suffolk
soon on account of a job." Leslie supposed the 'job' to refer
to a portrait, but Beckett believes that it must refer to the
altar-piece for Manningtree, though Manningtree is in Essex.
(JCC VI, pp. 74-75; see also JCC II, p. 271, JCD, p. 51, JCC I,
p. 202 and JC: FDC, p. 161)
1821 Sept 25 Cloud study at Hampstead, dated 25th September. (JCC II, p.
270)
1821 Sept 26 Letter from John Fisher to J.C. in Hampstead: "What have
you done with your 'Midsummer Noon' [The Hay Wain] and
what do you intend to do with it?" (JCC VI, pp. 75-76)
1821 Sept 27 Drawing of a cart and horses, perhaps made near Hampstead,
dated 27th September. (JCC II, p. 270)
1821 Sept 27 Cloud study at Hampstead, dated 27th September. (JCC II, p.
270)
1821 Sept 27 Study of earth and sky at Hampstead, dated 27th
September. (JCC II, p. 270)
1821 Sept In Hampstead. (JCC IV, p. 288)
1821 Oct 2 Study at Hampstead, dated 2nd October. (JCC II, p. 271)
1821 Oct 4 Study at Hampstead, dated 4th October. (JCC II, p. 271)
1821 Oct 12 Study at Hampstead, dated 12th October. (JCC II, p. 271)
1821 Oct 13 Study at Hampstead, dated 13th October. (JCC II, p. 271)