John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1824 July 18 Letter from J.C. in Brighton to John Fisher: "I am harrassed
with a number of small commissions which greatly annoy me.
. . . I have formed a plan, of recieving no commissions under
20 or 25, or 30 guineas—however small as the picture itself
must be perfect—& the subject as good as one on a six foot
canvas. 'We' have recieved a letter from the . . . Institution—
they offer. . . . to recieve some pictures of the living artists
which are in private hands, with which they mean to form an
Exhibition, next year. . . . I have to beg that Tinney's picture
may be one. . . . I have got the picture of the Cathedral, from
the Bishop's—and Johnny has made me a delightfull outline
of the same size. He is an invaluable companion to me. We
must not let the Bishop have the bridal in his hand again. . . .
Your sister called & brought me the little drawing of the
Windmill. . . . I am planning some large landscape, but I have
no inclination to pursue my Waterloo. . . . I am looking for a
months quiet here—and I have brought with me several works
to complete." (JCC VI, pp. 167-68; see also JCC IV, p. 186,
JC: FDC, p. 39 and JCC II, p. 364)
1824 July 19 Oil Sketch of colliers unloading on the beach at Brighton
made on evening of 19 July, bearing on its back "a mutilated
piece of paper with the words: 'My dear Maria's birthday Your
Goddaughter," noting daughter Minna's (Maria Louisa's)
birthday. (JCC VI, p. 168 and JCC II, p. 364)
1824 July 20 Oil-sketch, Shoreham Bay: the walk to the Chalybeate Wells,
Brighton, dated 20th July 1824. (JCC II, p. 365)
1824 July 20 Letter from Claude Schroth in Paris to J.C. in London. (JCC IV,
pp. 187-88)
1824 July 22 Oil-sketch of the beach at Brighton, dated 22nd July. (JCC II,
p. 365)
1824 July 23 Letter from Bishop Fisher in Salisbury to J.C. in Brighton:
"When you return to town, I must consign to your Care an old
Portrait of an Ancestor of Mrs Fisher—that wants to be
cleaned & repaired." (JCC VI, pp. 168-69)
1824 July 24 Letter from John Fisher in Gillingham to J.C. in Brighton. (JCC
VI, p. 169)