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John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

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1826 J.C. produces a print price-list of pictures painted to order.<br />

The prices range from twenty guineas for the smallest size<br />

to a hundred and twenty for a 50" x 40" canvas. (JCC II, p.<br />

436)<br />

1826 Finishes second version of Salisbury Cathedral. (JCC VI, p.<br />

214)<br />

1826 Letter from J.C. in London to James Carpenter in London: "I<br />

have been at the picture ever since I saw you & it is now all<br />

over wet." (JCC IV, p. 138)<br />

1827 Sends The Cornfield, Gillingham Mill and The Glebe Farm to<br />

beg. of year British Institution for exhibition. (JCC II, p. 436; see also JCC<br />

VI, p. 230)<br />

1827 Feb 27 Note from Sir Augustus Wall Callcott in London to J.C. in<br />

London. (JC: FDC, p. 190)<br />

1827 March 2 Letter from Henry Wellesley in London to J.C. (JC: FDC, p.<br />

342)<br />

1827 March 20 Letter from William Willes in Cork to J.C. in London. (JCC IV,<br />

pp. 297-98)<br />

1827 early April Sends The Chain Pier, Brighton, a version of Gillingham Mill<br />

and a Hampstead Heath to Royal Academy for exhibition.<br />

(JCC II, p. 437; see also JCC VI, p. 230)<br />

1827 April 6 Letter from J.C. in Hampstead to Dominic Colnaghi in London:<br />

"I have just completed my Brighton coast, and I shall bring it<br />

to London on Saturday, afternoon, for the R.A. on Tuesday."<br />

(JCC IV, p. 154-55; see also JCC II, p. 437 and JCC VI, p.<br />

230)<br />

1827 April 11 Letter from <strong>John</strong> Fisher to Mrs. Fisher: "<strong>Constable</strong>'s great<br />

picture is a view of the chain-pier at Brighton. It is most<br />

beautifully executed & in a greater state of finish and<br />

forwardness, than you can ever before recollect." (JCC VI, p.<br />

230)

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