List of British Artists - Born Before 1700

Born Before 1700

• Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/8–1543) - German artist and printmaker who became court painter in England
• Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder (c.1520–c.1590) - Flemish printmaker and painter for the English court of the mid-16th Century
• George Gower (1540–1596) - English portrait painter
• Nicholas Hilliard (1547–1619) - English goldsmith, limner, portrait miniature painter
• Rowland Lockey (c. 1565–1616) - English goldsmith, portrait miniaturist, painter
• Isaac Oliver (c.1565–1617) - French-born English portrait miniature painter
• Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) - Flemish Baroque painter, watercolourist and etcher who became court painter in England
• Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677) - Czech etcher
• Samuel Cooper (c.1608–1672) - English miniature painter
• John Michael Wright (1617–1694) - British baroque portrait painter
• Peter Lely (1618–1680) - Dutch painter and portrait artist in England
• Francis Barlow (1626?–1704) - English painter, etcher, and illustrator
• David Loggan (1635–1692) - British baroque painter
• Godfrey Kneller (1646/9–1723) - portrait painter in England
• Francis Place (1647–1728)
• James Thornhill (1675–1734) - English painter of historical subjects
• Jonathan Richardson (1665–1745), English portrait painter
• Peter Monamy (1681–1749) - English marine painter
• John Wootton (1682–1764) - English painter of sporting subjects, battle scenes and landscapes
• John Michael Rysbrack (1694–1770) - Flemish sculptor working in London
• John Vanderbank (1694–1739) - English portrait painter and book illustrator
• William Hogarth (1697–1764) - English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist