Beddome and his milieu

I have been reading some 18th century biographies recently of major figures of the time. It is worth bearing in mind that these are some of Beddome's contemporaries. Whether he interacted with any of them we do not know.

1. Composer, Georg Friedrich Handel 1685-1759
2. Artist, William Hogarth 1697-1784
3. Politician, William Pitt 1708-1788
4. Gardner and landscape architect, Lancelot 'Capability' Brown 1716-1783
5. Engineer, James Brindley 1716-1772
6. Furniture maker, Thomas Chippendale 1718-1779
7. Artist, Thomas Gainsborough 1727-1788
8. Architect, Robert Adam 1728-1792
9. Potter adn entrepreneur, Josiah Wedgwood 1730-1795
10. Engineer, Thomas Telford 1757-1834

So even if Beddome never heard any Handel or saw any Hogarth or Gainsborough or sat in a Chippendale chair or drank from a Wedgewood cup hemay well have been aware of some of these men. (Beddome trained in the same placeas Humphrey Gainsbrough, brother of the artist).