John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1811 mid-Nov Visits East Bergholt "to tell his mother all about his visit to
- early Dec Salisbury and relieve her anxieties regarding the precarious
progress of his courtship." (JCC II, p. 54)
1811 late Nov Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in London to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 31)
1811 Nov Attends life-classes at the Royal Academy. (JC: FDC, p. 314)
1811 Dec 2 Note, dated 2 December, perhaps of 1811, from John Fisher
in London to J.C. in London. (JCC VI, p. 13)
1811 poss. Dec 5 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London, dated
only with day of month, but "seems likely to have been
written in this year." (JCC I, p. 70; see also JCC IV, p. 33)
1811 Dec 10 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London: "Most
earnestly wishing you a cheerful Xmas at Epsom and a Happy
New Year in Charlotte Street." (JCC I, p. 72)
1811 Dec 12 Letter from J.C. in London to Maria in Spring Grove: "I again
mention it to you—I know of no obstacle to an unreserved
correspondence between us." J.C. mentions recent work: "I
am advancing (rapidly for me) with the general view of
Salisbury—it promises almost every thing I could wish, for
that style of subject." (JCC II, p. 55)
1811 Dec 15 Letter from Henry Greswolde Lewis at Malvern Hall to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 53)
1811 Dec 17 Letter from Maria in Spring Grove to J.C. in London: "You
must be certain that you cannot write without increasing
feelings that must be entirely suppressed. You will therefore I
am sure see the impropriety of sending me any more letters."
(JCC II, pp. 55-56)
1811 Dec 17 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London: "I am
now in possession of the picture you did for Mrs. Roberts . . .
I wish the Nayland Picture was as highly finished—and still
hope that in the summer you will see it again, & varnish it at
least." (JCC I, p. 72)