John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1814 Aug 28 Letter from J.C. in East Bergholt to Maria in Wimbeldon,
mentioning going to "Tattingstone Hall where I was for
several days painting an entire new uniform into the large
picture of Admiral Western. . . . I sincerely hope this will be
the last portrait from my pencil." (JCC II, p. 130)
1814 Sept 5 Oil-sketch showing "men at work digging on the lower slopes
of East Bergholt, with the valley for a background." (JCC I, p.
106)
1814 Sept 7 "Drawing in his sketch-book of men at work on the
construction of a barge in the boat-building basin just above
the mill at Flatford." (JCC I, p. 107)
1814 Sept Painting, Barge-building at Flatford, "painted entirely in the
soon after 7 open air." (JCC I, p. 107; see also JC: FDC, p. 202)
1814 Sept 18 Letter from J.C. in East Bergholt, redirected to London, to
Maria in Wimbeldon: "This charming season . . . occupies me
entirely in the feilds and I beleive I have made some
landscapes that are better than is usual with me . . . I do
hope that nothing will happen to interrupt my present
pursuits but that I shall pass the next autumn as I have the
summer." (JCC II, pp. 131-32)
1814 Sept 28 Drawing dated 28th September, 1814, apparently showing
James Gubbins on a moonlight walk with J.C. down Church
Street. V & A No. 132, p. 72. (JCC II, p. 133) [This drawing
by J.C. includes one figure only, possibly James Gubbins
because "James" is inscribed verso.]
1814 late Sept Letter, between 18 September and 2 October, from Maria in
Brighton to J.C. in East Bergholt. (JCC II, p. 132)
1814 Oct 2 Letter from J.C. in London to Maria in Brighton: "It is many
years since I have pursued studies so uninterruptedly and so
calmly or worked with so much steadfastness and
confidence." (JCC II, p. 132)
1814 Oct 7 Letter from John Fisher in Portsmouth to J.C. in East
Bergholt, asking J.C. if he can paint a portrait of the late Gen.
Benjamin Fisher, the Bishop's brother, from a "bad drawing".
(JCC VI, p. 24)