John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1808 May 18 Wilkie records: "Constable came, and stood for his portrait."
(JC: FDC, p. 314)
1808 May 19 Farington records: "Constable called. Haydon asked Him 'Why
He was so anxious abt. what was doing in Art.'—'Think'; sd.
He, 'what I am doing' meaning how much greater the object &
the effort. . . .
"Sir George Beaumont took Hearne & Constable in His
Carriage yesterday to the Marquiss of Stafford's. Constable
remarked 'That the old gentleman (Hearne) seemed to have a
very good judgement of pictures.'" (Farington IX, p. 3280;
see also JCC IV, pp. 231, 244)
1808 May 20 Wilkie records J.C. visits. (JC: FDC, p. 314)
1808 May 30 Henry Monro calls on J.C. in London. (JCC IV, p. 236)
1808 May 30 Farington records: "Constable called to look at my landscapes
by Wilson." (Farington IX, p. 3286)
1808 June 8 Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in Cheltenham to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 16)
1808 June 15 Wilkie records: "accompanied Constable to the Exhibition of
the Royal Academy." (JC: FDC, p. 34)
1808 June Letter from J.C. in London to father in East Bergholt; he “did
post-19 as his younger brother advised and wrote back to thank his
father for his timely assistance, saying that he hoped to be
coming down to East Bergholt before long." (JCC I, p. 26)
1808 June 19 Letter from brother Abram in East Bergholt to J.C. in London
saying that accompanying this letter is money from their
father, much needed by J.C., and that "the Masons are
coming to Town on Tuesday, they reckon upon seeing you."
(JCC I, pp. 25-26)
1808 June 20 Wilkie records meeting with J.C. (JC: FDC, p. 314)
1808 June 24 Wilkie records "took a walk with Constable." (JC: FDC, p.
314)