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He visited Suffolk in the spring and paid his first visit to Salisbury in the autumn: this was probably the occasion of his first meeting with John Fisher, who was to become his closest friend.  His attachment to Maria Bicknell became known during this year, and he received her father's permission to write to her in October.'\r\n\r\n[G Reynolds, 1973, p. 69]","briefDescription":"Oil painting, 'Flatford Mill from a lock on the Stour', by John Constable, Britain, ca. 1811","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Parris, Leslie and Fleming-Williams, Ian. <i>Constable </i> London : The Tate Gallery, 1991","id":"AUTH354806"},"details":"no.53","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Lyles, Anne (Ed.), <i>Constable : The Great Landscapes<i/>, London, Tate Publishing, 2006","id":"AUTH356113"},"details":"","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"Hoozee, Robert (ed.), <i>British Vision. 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