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- Creator:
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, associated name
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1740s-1780s]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 2005
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 4
- Resource Type:
- three-dimensional form
- Abstract:
- Iron door knocker, purportedly from a house associated with Samuel Johnson, circa 1740s-1780s. The knocker is mounted on a wooden panel, set into a clamshell box. At the foot of the panel is a brass plaque, engraved with information about the door kno...
- Description:
- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English author and lexicographer. He lived in many locations throughout his life, including two houses in London: 17 Gough Square, where he lived from 1748-1749, and 8 Bolt Court, where he lived beginning in 1776.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, London, and London (England)
- Subject (Name):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Smith, John Thomas, 1766-1833., and Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
- Subject (Topic):
- Homes and haunts, Architecture, Domestic, Authors, English, Building fittings, and Door knockers
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The knocker from the door of Dr. Johnson's house
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- Creator:
- Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 52
- Image Count:
- 208
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of descriptions of residences of English nobility. The author focuses on descriptions of the views from each seat and the landscape in which the house is situated; occasionally he also describes the archi...
- Description:
- In English.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England., England, and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Young, Arthur, 1741-1820.
- Subject (Topic):
- Architecture, Domestic, Gentry, Homes and haunts, Nobility, Social life and customs, Travelers' writings, English, and Description and travel
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Young's descriptions of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats, prospects, &c, in different parts of England, [ca. 1790].