John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1802 Jan 7 Inscription "John Constable Jan 7 1802" in John Innes' A
Short Description of the Human Muscles. (JC: FDC, p. 45)
1802 Jan 8 Letter from J.C. in London to Dunthorne, Sr., mentioning his
recent work, "a copy of a portrait and a background to an
ox." He also mentions a Derbyshire tour. (JCC II, pp. 27-28
and JC: FDC, pp. 70, 68)
1802 Feb 17 Farington records: "Constable called." (Farington V, p. 1749)
1802 March 5 Farington records: "Constable also called." (Farington V, p.
1755)
1802 March 19 Entry in Daniel Whalley's diary: "put up the Lands=cape from
London—(clean'd & New fram'd by order of Mr Constable) in
ye drawing=room." (JC: FDC, p. 72)
1802 March 21 Letter from Dunthorne, Sr. in East Bergholt to J.C. in London:
"I hear you have been doing something in the Portrait way
which does you great credit." (JCC II, pp. 30-31; see also JCC
I, p. 14)
1802 April 6 Farington records: "Constable called to desire me to see his
Exhibition picture. . . . Constable I called on. I told him his
picture has a great deal of merit but is rather too cold.—He
saw Sir Georges large picture this morning & was delighted at
it." (Farington V, p. 1764; see also JC: FDC, p. 145)
1802 April 8 Farington records: "Constable called & I talked to him about
his proceeding in art and recommended to him to Study
nature & particular art less." (Farington V, p. 1764)
1802 spring Has first picture, a landscape, accepted for exhibition at Royal
Academy. (JCC VI, p. 7; see also JCC II, p. 30)
1802 spring Visits family at East Bergholt after getting his picture into
exhibition. (JCC II 1964, p. 31)
1802 spring Letter (dated by Leslie summer, 1800 or earlier, but by
Beckett as probably spring, 1802) from J.C. in London to
Dunthorne, Sr., hoping to visit East Bergholt "in about a
month, in which time I hope to compleat some little
performance for the exhibition. I have concluded on my