Dr. Johnson's friend and Robert Adam's client Topham Beauclerk /
Noy, David,
Dr. Johnson's friend and Robert Adam's client Topham Beauclerk / by David Noy. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dr Johnson said that he would walk to the ends of the earth to save Beauclerk. Other people who claimed to be his friends rejoiced at his early death. How did the beautiful youth of Francis Coates' 1756 portrait become a man whose greatest claim to fame was causing an infestation of lice at Blenheim Palace through lack of personal hygiene? A great-grandson of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, he lived a privileged life thanks to fortuitously inherited wealth. He employed Robert Adam to build him a house at Muswell Hill which has almost completely disappeared from the records of Adam's work due to a di.
9781443893251 electronic bk. 1443893250 electronic bk.
9781443893251 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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018021773 Uk
Beauclerk, Topham, 1739-1780.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Friends and associates--Biography.
Beauclerk, Topham, 1739-1780.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Biography: historical, political & military.
British & Irish history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Friendship.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
DA506.B43
941.07092
Dr. Johnson's friend and Robert Adam's client Topham Beauclerk / by David Noy. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dr Johnson said that he would walk to the ends of the earth to save Beauclerk. Other people who claimed to be his friends rejoiced at his early death. How did the beautiful youth of Francis Coates' 1756 portrait become a man whose greatest claim to fame was causing an infestation of lice at Blenheim Palace through lack of personal hygiene? A great-grandson of Charles II and Nell Gwyn, he lived a privileged life thanks to fortuitously inherited wealth. He employed Robert Adam to build him a house at Muswell Hill which has almost completely disappeared from the records of Adam's work due to a di.
9781443893251 electronic bk. 1443893250 electronic bk.
9781443893251 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
GBB6G5543 bnb
018021773 Uk
Beauclerk, Topham, 1739-1780.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 --Friends and associates--Biography.
Beauclerk, Topham, 1739-1780.
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Biography: historical, political & military.
British & Irish history.
Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Friendship.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
DA506.B43
941.07092