This is a partial list of artists active in Britain, arranged chronologically (artists born in the same year should be arranged alphabetically within that year). 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 (c. 1626 – 1704) – English painter, etcher, and illustrator David Loggan (1635–1692) – English baroque painter, born in Danzig Godfrey Kneller (1646/9–1723) – portrait painter in England Edward Pierce (1630–1695) Francis Place (1647–1728) – English potter and engraver 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 Pieter Andreas Rysbrack (1685 or 1690–1748) – Flemish painter working in London 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 Born 1700–1799 Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (1778–1865) – Franco-English painter specializing in literary, historical and religious subjects. Louis-François Roubiliac (1702/5–1762) – French sculptor whose works reside in Westminster Abbey Samuel Scott (1702–1770) – British landscape painter James Seymour (c. 1702 – 1752) – English painter especially of equestrian art William Hoare (c. 1707 – 1792) – English painter especially of pastels Francis Hayman (1708–1776) – English painter, illustrator, and one of the founding members of the Royal Academy Arthur Devis (c. 1712 – 1787) – English portrait painter, especially of conversation pieces and other small portraits Allan Ramsay (1713–1784) – Scottish portrait painter Richard Wilson (1713–1782) – Welsh landscape painter and one of the founder members of