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John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

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neglects His business." (Farington X, p. 3607; see also JCC<br />

IV, p. 232)<br />

1810 March 3 Meets with Henry Monro in London. (JCC IV, p. 236)<br />

1810 March 15 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London. (JCC I,<br />

p. 40)<br />

1810 March 28 Farington records: "<strong>Constable</strong> I called on & saw 3 landscapes<br />

painted for the Exhibition (rural subjects) & recommended to<br />

him to imitate nature & not to be affected by loose remarks<br />

of critics." (Farington X, p. 3620)<br />

1810 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London.<br />

prob. late March Undated, but "most likely to have been written after the last<br />

[15 Mar, 1810] . . . but before the beginning of April." (JCC I,<br />

p. 40)<br />

1810 March Monro records conversation with J.C. (JC: FDC, p. 222)<br />

1810 Submits three landscapes for the Royal Academy exhibition,<br />

beg. of April giving new address "49 Frith Street, Soho." (JCC I, pp. 40-<br />

43)<br />

1810 April 8 Farington records: "Bishop of Salisbury's I dined at"; etc.<br />

Farington includes a diagram of the table in which <strong>Constable</strong><br />

sat on one side between Miss Gwatkin and Rev. Dr. Fisher.<br />

(Farington X, p. 3630; see also JCC IV, p. 245 and JCC VI, p.<br />

10, where the date is given incorrectly as April 10)<br />

1810 April 15 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London. "Uncle<br />

D.P.W. told me he intended passing his Easter at Epsom &<br />

should offer his nephew <strong>John</strong> a place in his carriage to<br />

accompany him thither. . . . Mrs. Gardner's Picture arrived<br />

quite safe & well & Dunthorne took it to her last Monday. . . .<br />

I now hope you will soon have leisure and desire to work on<br />

your Nayland work. . . . let us have a catalogue as soon as<br />

you can of the Exhibition!" (JCC I, p. 41)<br />

1810 April 24 Henry Monro calls on J.C. "and found that he had changed his<br />

lodgings to 49 Frith Street." (JCC IV, pp. 236-37)

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