John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1834 Aug Letter from J.C. to Leslie at Petworth: "I have been two days
soon after 30 at Ham. . . . they want to see me at Ham again on Sunday
and Monday. . . . The Gainsborough was down when I was at
Petworth. . . . No feeling of landscape ever equalled it." (JCC
III, pp. 115-16; see also JCC IV, p. 79 and JCD, p. 67)
1834 Sept 1 Letter from William Willes in Cork to J.C. (JCC IV, pp. 298-99)
1834 Sept 5 Letter from Leslie at Petworth to J.C.: "I hope you will not
put off coming later than Wednesday or Thursday. . . . The
Gainsborough . . . is still on the ground, and there is a very
fine Wilson . . . [and] a gem of a Bassan [at Petworth]." (JCC
III, pp. 116-17)
1834 Sept 6 Letter from J.C. in London to Leslie at Petworth: "I am going
tomorrow to Ham. . . . It had . . . a truly sublime Cuyp, a
tempest, still mild, & tranquil." (JCC III, pp. 117-19; see also
JCD, p. 63 and JCC IV, p. 79)
1834 Sept 8 Letter from J.C. in London to Leslie at Petworth: " . . . I have
taken an inside place [on a coach to Petworth] for
Wednesday next . . . . I have got my picture back from
Worcester. . . . How beautiful did Old Father Thames look
yesterday. . . . How beautifull the trees are just now." (JCC III,
pp. 119-20; see also JCC V, p. 60)
1834 Sept 10 Arrives at Petworth House for a visit with Lord Egremont.
(JCC V, p. 18; see also JCC III, p. 120, JC: FDC p. 340 and
JCC IV, p. 146)
1834 Sept 10 Leslie records "among the beautiful ruins of Cowdray Castle .
- ca. 26 . . [J.C.] made several very fine sketches . . . [he drew] the
outside . . . of a lonely farmhouse . . . called 'wicked
Hammond's house'. . . . While at Petworth, where Constable
spent a fortnight, he filled a large book with sketches in
pencil and water colours, some of which he finished very
highly." (JCC III, pp. 120-21)
1834 Sept 11 Opening of show in Birmingham where J.C. sent Salisbury
Cathedral from the Meadows. (JCC IV, p. 146; see also JCC I,
p. 283)