John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

post-9 "Perhaps you will give us a look before the summer & autumn
are gone. . . . The Exhibition soon closes I think." (JCC I, pp.
181-82)
1819 May 17 Letter from Henry Smedley in London to J.C. in London. (JCC
IV, p. 62)
1819 May 18 Farington records: "Constable called, & informed me of the
death of the Revd. Mr. Rudd his wife's grandfather and that
he had left to each of Mr. Bicknel's 4 children abt £120 per
annum." Dr. Rhudde left his entire personal estate to the Rev.
W. Abbot and the Rev. H. Kebbel "on trust to transfer four
thousand pounds worth each of three per cent stock to his
grandchildren," including Maria Constable. (Farington XV, p.
5366 and JCC I, p. 181; see also JCC II, p. 247)
1819 May 21 Visit by Sir Richard Digby Neave to J.C.'s studio in London.
(JCC V, p. 55)
1819 May 21 Letter, probably written 21 May, from J.C. in London to Maria
in Putney Heath: "Some Suffolk friends. . .Revd. Bellman & his
wife. . . . have bespoke a small landscape—price 20 guineas,
all a help—I have only to work. . . . My picture is much
admired & doing me much credit in the Exhibition." (JCC II,
pp. 247-48; see also JCC VI, p. 43, and JC: FDC, pp. 159-60)
1819 May 25 Farington records: "Constable called." Discusses the General
Benevolent Fund Society. (Farington XV, pp. 5368-69; see
also JCC II, p. 240)
1819 May 25 Letter from Bishop Fisher in London to J.C. in London. (JCC
VI, p. 249)
1819 May 31 Letter, probably written 31 May, from J.C. somewhere in the
countryside to Maria in Putney Heath: "I hope I shall see you
tomorrow. This is a most delightfull spot. Yesterday we
walked after Church, a very long walk." (JCC II, p. 249)
1819 poss. May Letter from Sir Richard Digby Neave in London to J.C. in
poss. before London. (JC: FDC, p. 160)
1819 May Exhibits A Scene on the River Stour at Royal Academy
exhibition. (JCC VI, p. 43)