John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1814 By 1814, J.C. is familiar with Edmund Burke's A Philosophical
Inquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and
Beautiful. (JC: FDC, p. 28)
1815 Jan 6 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London. (JCC I,
p. 110)
1815 Jan 7 Letter from uncle David Pike Watts in London to J.C. in
London. (JCC IV, p. 40)
1815 Jan 27 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London. (JCC I,
pp. 111-12)
1815 Jan 29 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London,
concerning prospect of his father's death. (JCC I, p. 112)
1815 Feb 6 Note from J.C. in London to Maria in London, saying he must
leave for Suffolk the next day on account of his father's
worsening health. J.C. returns to London shortly after, "some
days" before 17 February. (JCC II, pp. 137-38)
1815 Feb 7 Arrival of letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in
London. (JCC I, p. 113)
1815 Feb To East Bergholt "to see his father once more." (JCC I,
soon after 7 p. 113)
1815 Feb Returns to London. (JCC I, p. 113)
soon before 17
1815 Feb 17 Letter from mother in East Bergholt to J.C. in London: "I hope
the packing case and its contents will arrive safe in Charlotte
Street, and that you will protect your sisters." ["This
suggests that Constable may have painted the double
portrait of Ann and Mary Constable in the previous summer."]
Informs J.C. of his father's satisfactory progress. (JCC I, p.
113; see also JCC II, p. 138)
1815 mid-Feb Meeting, after J.C.'s return and before 23 February, between
J.C. and Maria. (JCC II, p. 138)
1815 Feb 23 Letter from Maria in London to J.C. in London: "I have
obtained from Papa the sweet permission of seeing you again