John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

landscapes the size of the Cathedral upright—at 50 guineas
each." (JCC II, pp. 281-82; see also JCC VI, p. 129)
1823 Aug 22 Rides to Gillingham from Salisbury. (JCC VI, p. 129)
1823 Aug 24 Letter from J.C. in Gillingham to Maria in Hampstead: "We are
sadly off for weather. . . . The Mills are pretty, and one of
them wonderfull old & romantic. . . . The trees are beautifull
& the cottages. . . . This part of the county is much like
Hampstead, extreme distance & green feilds." (JCC II, pp.
282-83; see also JCC VI, p. 130)
1823 Aug 28 J.C. and John Fisher go to Fonthill for a sale including
pictures. (JCC VI, p. 129)
1823 Aug 29 Letter from J.C. in Gillingham to Maria in Hampstead: "I was at
Fonthill yesterday. We have had such sad weather that I have
been able to do but little—but I have made one or two
attacks on an old mill. . . . I wandered up to the top of the
tower—Salisbury at 15 miles off darted up into the sky like a
needle—& the magnificence of the woods & lakes, a wild
region of the downs to the north, and distant Dorsetshire
hills. . . . The entrance and when within [the Cathedral] is
truly beautifull. . . . on the whole, a strange, ideal romantic
place. . . . The spot is chosen for its erection amidst
mountains and wilds. . . . I am anxious to return—but owing
to the very bad weather & a day or two lost at Salisbury, I am
deficient in sketches, and must make another day or two."
(JCC II, pp. 284-85; see also JCC VI, pp. 129-30)
1823 Aug Letter from the Woodburns in London to J.C. in London. (JCC
IV, p. 167)
1823 late Aug Small oil-sketch of Belim Fisher at Gillingham. (JCC VI, p. 130)
- early Sept
1823 Sept 1 Rides with John Fisher to Sherborne. (JCC VI, p. 130)
1823 Sept 2 Drawing of church at Sherborne, dated 2nd September. (JCC
VI, p. 130; see also JCC II, p. 287)
1823 Sept 5 Letter from J.C. in Gillingham to Maria in Hampstead: "We
have had some beautifull evenings. I have not done much in
the sketching way—I have been a good deal about with