John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1821 April 15 Letter from Abram in East Bergholt to J.C. in Hampstead:
"come by one of the Ipswich coaches & get off at the
Tollgate Dedham. . . I will meet you there, Tuesday or
Wednesday." (JCC I, p. 194; see also JCC II, p. 266)
1821 April To East Bergholt. (JCC I, p. 195 and JCC II, p. 266)
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1821 April 20 Drawing of trees by a stream, dated 20th April. (JCC II, p.
266 and JCC I, p. 195)
1821 April 20 Letter from J.C. in East Bergholt to Maria in London: "I have
called on most of the neighbours—drank tea at Ann's last
evening—had a stormy walk home over the heath. . . . How
sweet and beautifull is every place & I visit my old haunts
with renewed delight. . . . Nothing can exceed the beautifull
green of the meadows, which are beginning to fill with
buttercups, & various flowers—the birds are singing from
morning till night but most of all the sky larks. How delightfull
is the country." (JCC II, pp. 266-67 and JCC I, pp. 195-96)
1821 April 22 Letter from J.C. in Dedham to Maria in London: "I went
yesterday to Ipswich. . . . I am strolling about these beautifull
meadows, but I hope to return to you tommorow. . . . on
Friday we had a very severe tempest here. . . . The lightning
ran about the ground. . . . Every day brings out the trees &
blossom, & the swallows are frequent. Flatford Mill looks
beautifully." (JCC II, p. 268 and JCC I, p. 196)
1821 April 29 Farington records: "Constable called & spoke of the Royal
Academy Exhibition very favorably." (Farington XVI, p. 5655;
see also JCC II, p. 269)
1821 May 1 Farington records: "Royal Academy I went to, the 3rd
Varnishing day. Sir T. Lawrence was finishing his whole length
of Lady Louisa Lambton. Howard, Thomson, Constable,
Mulready were also employed on their pictures." (Farington
XVI, p. 5656; see also JCC II, p. 269)
1821 May 4 Private viewing of Royal Academy exhibition. (JCC II, p. 269)