John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1823 Feb 1 Letter from J.C. in London to John Fisher: "I have not seen
the face of my easil since X'mas. It is not the least of my
anxiety that the Good Bishop's picture is not fit to be seen."
(JCC VI, pp. 108-09; see also JCC II, p. 279)
1823 Feb 6 Note from Bishop Fisher in London to J.C. in London. (JCC VI,
p. 109)
1823 Feb 7 Letter from John Fisher in Osmington to J.C. in London:
"Dodsworth is hugeously delighted with his Teniers, & is in
admiration & astonishment, how you could make it look so
exactly like an old master." (JCC VI, pp. 109-11)
1823 Feb 20 Fragment of letter (postmarked 20th February, probably of
1823) from John Fisher to J.C. in London. (JCC VI, p. 111)
1823 Feb 21 Letter from J.C. in London to John Fisher: "I am now at work
again . . . I have put a large upright landscape in hand, and I
hope to get it ready for the Academy. I hope likewise to have
the Bishops picture ready." (JCC VI, pp. 112-114; see also
JCC IV, p. 218, 290 and JCC II, p. 279)
1823 Feb Stands for election as Royal Academician, is defeated by
Ramsay Reinagle. (JCC II, p. 279, JCC IV, p. 218 and JCC VI,
p. 111)
1823 March 22 Meets with William Collins and John Linnell at his house in
Hampstead. (JCC IV, p. 290; see also JCC II, p. 280, where
the date is given incorrectly as March 23)
1823 late March Sends pictures for exhibition to Royal Academy: Salisbury
- early April Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds, Study of Trees, and A
Cottage. (JCC II, p. 280; see also JCC VI, p. 114)
1823 April 20 Drawing at East Bergholt. (JCC II, p. 280; see also JCC I, p.
204)
1823 April 21 Drawing at Bentley in Suffolk, where he visits for a short
time. (JCC II, p. 280; see also JCC I, p. 204)
1823 May 8 Note from Bishop Fisher in London to J.C. in London. (JCC VI,
p. 114)