John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1809 April 28 Wilkie records J.C. calls. (JC: FDC, p. 315)
1809 May 22 Farington records: "Wilkie I met & walked with Him to His
lodgings in Portland st. . . . Constable came in with a female
relation." (Farington IX, p. 3465; see also JCC IV, p. 225)
1809 May 24 Farington records: "The British Institution I went to, & found
the Exhibition of pictures inferior in quality to what it was last
year.
Constable & Bigg came there. Constable spoke of Haydon
who is offended with Wilkie for not having spoken more
warmly of His picture now in the Exhibition." Discusses
various artists and patrons. (Farington, pp. 3467-68; see also
JCC IV, pp. 231-32, 245)
1809 May 24 Letter from Pricilla Wakefield in Tottenham to J.C. in London.
(JC: FDC, p. 130)
1809 May Meets with Henry Monro in London. (JCC IV, p. 236)
1809 June 18 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London: "I was
glad. . . . to hear you had so pleasant & beneficial a visit to
kind friends at Epsom. I am glad to hear you have pleased
yourself in the alteration you have made in Cousin Ann's
portrait. . . . You express a wish to pass a little time at home
. . . remember we shall still expect you for a long autumn
visit. . . . Mrs. Frost of Ipswich . . . had been passing a week in
London and was most sadly disappointed in not finding you in
Percy Street . . . you were far better off at Epsom." (JCC I,
pp. 31-32; see also JC: FDC, p. 180)
1809 June 19 Farington records: "Constable called. . . ." Discusses Lord
Radstock.
"Mr. Watts had an habitual reverence for rank & title. He
says 'Descent is what money cannot purchase.'" (Farington
IX, pp. 3491-92; see also JCC IV, p. 17)
1809 June 26 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London, hoping
"Mr. T.[ravis] will be lucky in finding you at home" and
welcoming his impending visit. (JCC I, p. 33)