The work was dedicated to Lady Pomfret
. Its 440 subscribers included many prominent people, reflecting the bluestockings' range of influence as well as SF
's local and family connections: Ralph Allen
, Lord Chesterfield
Timeline
1705
According to Oliver Goldsmith
, Beau Nash
arrived in Bath, whose social life he was to dominate for so long, the same year that the town began its brilliant architectural redesigning.