John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1830 Jan 31 Letter from J.C. in London to Leslie in London. (JCC III, pp.
24-25; see also JC: FDC, p. 228)
1830 about Jan Instructions for retouching Spring. (JCC IV, p. 453)
1830 Works on Helmingham Dell. (JCC IV, pp. 106-07, 324)
Jan to March
1830 Jan Letter from J.C. to Leslie in London, accompanying his
painting The Church Porch: "I send the 'Churchyard', which
my friends . . . are welcome to use." (JCC III, p. 23)
1830 Feb Letter from J.C. to Leslie about the election of Arnald to the
after 10 Royal Academy: "the sketch of the lane and cottage would be
all the better for a little of John Dunthorne's varnish & a
'flat'." [Possibly an unfinished version of the Glebe Farm
which J.C. had given to Leslie.] (JCC III, p. 25; see also JCC
IV, p. 259)
1830 Feb 15 Letter from J.C. in London to William Carpenter in London: "I
send you a few proofs. . . . They have not yet seen the light.
. . . If 'your Wood' is not finished by the Exhibition, I will hang
myself on one of the trees!!! Your Heath is likewise began."
(JCC IV, pp. 140-41, 293)
1830 Feb ca. 15 Undated note from J.C to Leslie in London saying he has laid
aside the Wood to enable him to pay off some "just debts"
which he owed elsewhere, but hopes to have it ready in time
for the "show." (JCC III, p. 26; see also JCC IV, p. 141)
1830 Feb 22 Letter from J.C. in London to David Lucas in London sending
a Wood to be included in the first number of English
Landscape: "I send the Wood. I hope that you will get on with
the press." (JCC IV, p. 324; see also JCC IV, p. 141)
1830 Feb 24 Payment to David Lucas. (JCC IV, p. 325)
1830 Feb "Sketch of the title" for mezzotints. See p. 326, where
before 26 Beckett suggests this may be a draft for the titles of A Dell
and Weymouth Bay given on p. 453. (JCC IV, p. 325)
1830 Feb 26 Letter from J.C. in London to David Lucas in London: "I want
to know how forward the 'Evening' is & the retouched Stoke.