John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1814 pre-May 1 Quotes from Robert Bloomfield's The Farmer's Boy in
catalogue of 1814 Royal Academy exhibition to accompany
his picture "Landscape: Ploughing scene in Suffolk." (JC: FDC,
p. 39)
1814 May 1 Returns to London, in time for opening of Royal Academy
exhibition. (JCC II, p. 121; see also JCC I, p. 103)
1814 May 4 Farington records: "Constable came in and talked of the
Exhibition." (Farington XIII, p. 4504)
1814 May 4 Letter from J.C. in London to Maria in London: "I took several
beautifull walks in search of food for my pencil this summer
when I hope to do a great deal in landscape, for I find myself
every day less fitted for portraits. . . . Mary Constable and
myself took a ride to Helmingham Hall on Friday. . . . Lady
Dysart took Mary Constable and myself on a long walk in the
park." Mentioning the Royal Academy Exhibition, J.C. says: "I
am much pleased with the look and situation of a small
picture there of my own." (JCC II, p. 121; see also JCC IV, pp.
56, 225)
1814 May 6 Farington records: "Constable called in the morning and spoke
of various criticisms on the pictures of Wilson by Collins, and
of Turner's pictures by Phillips." (Farington XIII, p. 4506)
1814 May 11 Letter from J.C. in London to Maria in London. (JCC II, p.
123)
1814 May 11 Farington records: "Constable called at breakfast time; and
said a good deal of what had been expressed by several
Artists respecting the Landscapes by Wilson at the British
Institution." (Farington XIII, p. 4510)
1814 May 13 Letter from Maria in London to J.C. in London. (JCC II, pp.
123-24)
1814 May 17 Farington records: "The British Institution eving Exhibition I
went to. Between ten & eleven oClock it was much crowded."
Farington lists those present. (Farington XIII, pp. 4516-17;
see also JC: FDC, p. 211)