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Water Closet. From Sir John Harington 'The Metamorphosis of Ajax', 1556. Harrington installed a water closet
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![Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/ep/original/DP169396.jpg)
Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596 | The Vintage News
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Game of Thrones" star Kit Harington has a noble ancestor but not King of the North--John Harington invented the flush toilet in 1596 | The Vintage News
![Sir John Harrington, poet, 1591. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Cockson prefixed to his "Translation of Ariosto," 1634. Copperplate engraving from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 1792–1812. Sir John Harrington, poet, 1591. Engraved from the portrait by Thomas Cockson prefixed to his "Translation of Ariosto," 1634. Copperplate engraving from Richardson's "Portraits illustrating Granger's Biographical History of England," London, 1792–1812.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/P6EGR9/sir-john-harrington-poet-1591-engraved-from-the-portrait-by-thomas-cockson-prefixed-to-his-translation-of-ariosto-1634-copperplate-engraving-from-richardsons-portraits-illustrating-grangers-biographical-history-of-england-london-17921812-published-by-william-richardson-printseller-london-james-granger-17231776-was-an-english-clergyman-biographer-and-print-collector-P6EGR9.jpg)