John Constable: Toward a Complete Chronology. - Reed College

1830 ca. April Engraver's proof of A Dell, said to have been printed by J.C.
(JCC IV, p. 327)
1830 or 1831 Undated note from George Jones in London to J.C. in London.
poss. April (JC: FDC, p. 226)
1830 May Visit to James Pulham's home in Woodbridge, Suffolk, after
after 2 Pulham's death to buy back some of the pictures from his
widow that J.C. had painted for him. (JCC IV, p. 94 and JCC I,
p. 258)
1830 May A drawing of a distant view of the church at Wodbridge,
after 2 dated 1830, was probably done at this time. [A
reproduction by Sir Charles Holmes in his Constable and his
Influence on Landscape Painting, 1902, p. 204, wrongly
describes view as one of Woodford church.] (JCC I, p. 258;
see also JCC IV, p. 94)
1830 May 18 Last retouched proof of A Dell. (JCC IV, p. 327)
1830 May 24 Letter from J.C. in London to John Fisher: "My Wood is liked
but I suffer for want of that little completion which you
always feel the regret of—and you are quite right. . . . My
little book—entitled, 'Various subjects of Landscape,
characteristic of English Scenery'—is forthcoming in
Numbers—No. 1, next week—it will consist of 4 prints in
each, & promises well." (JCC VI, pp. 257-58; see also JCC IV,
p. 328)
1830 May 27 Memorandum in J.C.'s hand (Estimate of Orders for Prints)
shows final choice for first number of English Landscape falls
on A Dell, Weymouth Bay, A Mill, and Spring. (JCC IV, pp.
328, 450)
1830 May ca. 27 Note (Plan for No. 1, ca. May 1830) undated but probably
written by J.C. about this time. Gives titles of the selected
plates and colours of the wrappers in which the sets were to
be put up. Includes a draft of the title page. (JCC IV, p. 328,
444)