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 Elizabeth Lucar (1510-1537)- English Calligrapher Levina Teerlinc (1510s- 1576) - Flemish-born artist, painter to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. 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 the Royal Academy Alexander Cozens (c.1717–1786) – British landscape painter in watercolours and a published teacher of painting Charles Brooking (1723–1759) – English painter Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792) – English painter specialising in portraits George Stubbs (1724–1806) – British painter especially of horses James Lambert (1725–1788) – English landscape painter Francis Cotes (1726–1770) – English painter Thomas Gainsborough (1727–1788) – English portrait and landscape painter Paul Sandby (1731–1809) – English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours Sawrey Gilpin (1733–1807) – English animal painter Johann Zoffany (1733–1810) – German neoclassical painter, active mainly in England George Romney (1734–1802) – English portrait painter Joseph Wright (1734–1797) – English landscape and portrait painter Alexander Runciman (1736–1785) – Scottish painter of historical and mythological subjects Mary Black (c.1737–1814) – English portrait painter Joseph Nollekens (1737–1823) – sculptor from London Francis Towne (1739/40–1816) – English watercolour painter Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807) – Swiss-Austrian painter Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812) – English artist of French origin William Marlow (1740–1813) – English landscape and marine artist John Hamilton Mortimer (1740–1779) – British Neoclassical painter especially of romantic paintings Matthew William Peters (1742–1814) English portrait painter James Barry (1741–1806) – Irish painter Henry Fuseli (1741–1825) – British painter, draughtsman, and writer on art, of German-Swiss origin Richard Cosway (1742–1821) – English portrait painter, miniaturist Ozias Humphry (1742–1810) – English painter of portrait miniatures John Robert Cozens (1752–1797) – English draftsman and painter of romantic watercolor landscapes Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) – English wood engraver and ornithologist Thomas Stothard (1755–1834 – English painter and engraver Prince Hoare (1755–1834) – painter and dramatist Henry Raeburn (1756–1823) – Scottish portrait painter Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827) – English artist and caricaturist William Blake (1757–1827) – English poet, painter, and printmaker Franz Bauer (1758–1840) – Austrian-born painter of botany. Long time residence at Kew Gardens as Botanic Painter to George III Alexander Nasmyth (1758–1840) – Scottish portrait and landscape painter Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760–1803) – English portrait painter Thomas Lawrence (1760–1830) – English painter, mostly of portraits Charles Fairfield (1761?–1805) – English painter, mostly known as a copyist John Opie (1761–1807) – English painter, known as the "Cornish Wonder" John Charles Felix Rossi (1762–1839) – sculptor Arthur William Devis (1762–1822) – English painter of history paintings and portraits George Morland (1763–1804) – English painter of animals and rustic scenes Joshua Cristall (1767–1847) – Cornish watercolour painter John Crome (1768–1821) – English artist, founder of the Norwich school of painters Martin Archer Shee (1769–1850) – Irish painter and President of the Royal Academy Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830) – English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy James Ward (1769–1859) – English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver Thomas Phillips (1770–1845) – English portrait and subject painter Henry James Richter (1772–1857) – engraver and painter François Hüet Villiers (1772–1813) – French-born portrait painter, resident in London Anne Frances Byrne (1775–1837) – painter of flowers and still lifes Thomas Girtin (1775–1802) – English painter, watercolourist, and etcher Sir John Dean Paul, 1st Baronet (1775–1852) – painter of landscapes and horses J. M. W. Turner (1775–1851) – English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker John Constable (1776–1837) – English Romantic painter John Higton (1776–1827) – English painter, particularly of animals, and an engraver Maria Spilsbury (1776–1820) – painter of religious subjects John Masey Wright (1777–1866) – watercolour painter John Varley (1778–1842) – English watercolour painter and astrologer Augustus Wall Callcott (1779–1844) – English landscape painter Samuel Colman (1780–1845) – English painter Samuel Lane (1780–1859) – English portrait painter James Holworthy (1781–1841) – watercolour painter John Sell Cotman (1782–1842) – artist of the Norwich school, mainly in watercolour Frederick Nash (painter) (1782–1856) – architectural and landscape painter David Cox (1783–1859) – English landscape painter Samuel Prout (1783–1852) – English watercolour painter Peter De Wint (1784–1849) – English landscape painter John Romney (1785–1863) – mainly printmaking and watercolour David Wilkie (1785–1841) – Scottish painter William Mulready (1786–1863) – Irish genre painter living in London Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846) – English historical painter and writer Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855) - English watercolor painter of landscapes Patrick Nasmyth (1787–1831) – Scottish landscape painter John Martin (1789–1854) – English painter William Henry Hunt (1790–1864) – English watercolor painter George Hayter (1792–1871) English painter, specialising in portraits John Linnell (1792–1882) – English landscape painter Francis Danby (1793–1861) – Irish painter Clarkson Stanfield (1793–1867) – English painter of romantic seascapes David Roberts (1796–1864) – Scottish painter known particularly for his cityscapes Edward Calvert (1799–1883) – English printmaker and painter James Holland (1799–1870) – landscape painter and illustrator Charles Landseer (1799–1879) – English history painter, brother of Edwin Landseer David Ogborne (died 1800/1) – English painter of events and curiosities in Essex Eglington Margaret Pearson (died 1823) – stained glass painter Cosmo Armstrong (died 1847) – English line-engraver
Born 1800–1899
Richard Parkes Bonington (1802–1828) – English Romantic landscape painter Edwin Henry Landseer (1802–1873) – English painter and sculptor especially of animals, particularly horses, dogs, and stags Thomas Shotter Boys (1803–1874) – English watercolourist Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803–1902) – English painter especially of cattle and farm animals John Steell (1804–1891) – Scottish sculptor John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) – Orientalist English painter Samuel Palmer (1805–1881) – English landscape painter, etcher, and printmaker William Dyce (1806–1864) – Scottish artist John Greville Fennell (1807–1885) – landscape painter Arthur Elliot (1809–1892) – British watercolourist Thomas Mogford (1809–1868) – English portrait painter and landscape painter James John Hill (1811–1882) – English painter Edmund John Niemann (1813–1876) – English painter Alfred Elmore (1815–1881) – Irish-born painter of genre scenes. Member of The Clique Lucette Barker (1816–1905) – English painter William James Blacklock (1816–1858) – English landscape artist, painting scenery in Cumbria, the Lake District and the Scottish Borders Augustus Leopold Egg (1816–1863) – English painter of genre and historical scenes. Member of The Clique Edward Matthew Ward (1816–1879) – English painters of historical scenes. Member of The Clique Edward Armitage (1817–1896) – English Victorian era painter especially of historical, classical and biblical subjects Branwell Brontë (1817–1848) – English portrait painter; one of the Brontë children, brother of Anne, Emily and Charlotte; occasional poet and writer Richard Dadd (1817–1886) – English painter especially of fairies and other supernatural subjects, Orientalist scenes, and enigmatic genre scenes. Member of The Clique Walter Hood Fitch (1817–1892) – Scottish botanist and botanical artist Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817–1880) – Russian-born English painter of history and genre scenes. Member of The Clique John Phillip (1817–1867) – Scottish painter known for his depictions of Spain. Member of The Clique Alfred Tippinge (1817–1898) – British Grenadier Guard who sent home paintings of the Crimean War George Frederic Watts (1817–1904) – English Victorian painter and sculptor of the Symbolist movement William Hemsley (1819–1906) – English genre painter; vice president of the Society of British Artists William Powell Frith (1819–1909) – English painter specialising in portraits and Victorian era narratives. Member of The Clique James Sant (1820–1916) – English court and society painter George Gammon Adams (1821–1898)- English sculptor and medallist Ford Madox Brown (1821–1893) – English painter of moral and historical subjects Lefevre James Cranstone (1822–1893) – English painter, known for paintings of antebellum America Frances Emilia Crofton (1822–1910) – Anglo-Irish artist Frederick Goodall (snr) (1822–1904) – English artist specialising in oriental scenes Frederick William Keyl (1823–1871) – German-born British painter of animals Charles Davidson (1824–1902) – English watercolour painter