John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1800 Feb 7 Farington records: "Reinagle Junr. & Constable I called on."
(Farington IV p. 1373; see also JC: FDC, p. 270 and JCC IV, p.
215, where the date is given incorrectly as the 5th and
Reinagle & Constable are said to have called together on
Farington.)
1800 Feb 18 Farington records: "Constable called.—I made some remarks
to him on Reinagle Junr. manner of painting."(Farington IV p.
1380; see also JC: FDC, p. 270 and JCC IV, p. 216)
1800 Feb 19 Enrolled as student in the Life Academy. (JCC II, p. 23)
1800 April 9 Letter from Lucy Hurlock in Dedham to J.C. in London. (JCC
II, p. 19; see also JCC VI, p. 6)
1800 Undated letter from Sir George Beaumont to J.C. in
poss. May 22 London, referring to a dinner party on Thursday, 22 May
1800. (JC: FDC, p. 149)
1800 May Letter, probably written spring 1800, from J.C. in London to
before 29 Dunthorne, Sr.: "I have copied a small landscape of A. Caracci,
and two Wilsons, and have done some little things of my own.
I have likewise begun to copy a very fine picture by Ruysdael.
. . . I have finished my copy from Ruysdael. . . . Tomorrow I
hope to go on with my copy from Sir George Beaumont's
little Claude. I shall remain in town the chief of this summer."
(JCC II, p. 24; see also JC: FDC, p. 144)
1800 May 29 Farington records: "Constable copying a small upright
Claude." (Farington IV, p. 1399; see also JC: FDC, p. 144 and
JCC II, p. 23)
1800 May ca. 29 Probably examines landscapes by Both, Bourdon, Claude and
Poussin at Sir George Beaumont's. (JC: FDC, p. 144)
1800 June 10 Farington records: "Constable called this moring." (Farington
IV, p. 1404)
1800 June 19 Farington records: "Constable called." (Farington IV, p. 1407)
1800 June 21 Receives official card of admission to the Life Academy. (JCC
II, p. 23)