Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" in English language version.
Then in early March… Sterne himself went to London where he was immediately greeted as the literary event of the season. For the next eleven weeks he was passed from hand to hand through the upper echelons of London Society. Befriended by Garrick, painted by Joshua Reynolds, patronized by William Warburton and Lord Bathurst… interviewed by James Boswell, put in communication with William Hogarth… and with William Pitt… presented at court by the marquis of Rockingham and the duke of York…
