John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1822 Jan John Fisher apparently visits J.C. in London, finds him at work
on preliminary study for his large picture which he calls The
Bridge. (JCC II, p. 274)
1822 Feb 16 Letter from John Fisher in Osmington to J.C. in London. (JCC
VI, p. 83)
1822 Feb Looking over Farington's house with a view to taking over the
lease. (JCC II, p. 274; see also JC: FDC, p. 214)
1822 Feb Stands for election as Royal Academician, but is defeated.
(JCC II, p. 274; see also JCC VI, p. 83)
1822 Feb Letter from J.C. in London to Samuel Lane in London. (JCC
IV, p. 247)
1822 March 25 Letter from John Fisher in Osmington to J.C. in London: "I
have conceived that you have been hard at work on a six foot
canvass, that you have outdone yourself." (JCC VI, p. 84)
1822 early April Sends pictures for exhibition to the Royal Academy: The
Bridge (shown as View on the Stour, near Dedham); Malvern
Hall, Warwickshire; Hampstead-heath; View from the Terrace,
Hampstead; and A Study of Trees, from Nature. (JCC II, p.
274)
1822 April 1 Missing letter, unposted, from J.C. in London to John Fisher,
apparently containing a sketch of changes made in the
compostition of The Bridge since Fisher had seen the rough
study in January. Sketch apparently not sent on to Fisher
until the end of April. (JCC VI, p. 89)
1822 April 9 Letter (year not given but probably 1822) from John Fisher
in Osmington to J.C. in London. (JCC VI, pp. 85-86)
1822 April 13 Letter from J.C. in London to John Fisher in Osmington: "I
have sent my large picture to the Academy. I never worked
so hard before & now time was so short for me—it wanted
much—but still I hope the work in it is better than any I have
yet done. . . . This summer I shall devote to money getting,
as I [have] several commissions—both landskip, and
otherwise. . . . I am going into Suffolk about an altarpeice."