Up to the 18th century, English artists had made no contribution to the general development of art. England had only offered employment for masters who came from abroad such as Hans Holbein and Anthony van Dyck, as well as for other, less known artists.

RICHARD EARLOM King George III with his Family | small | large |	JOSEPH CONSTANTINE STADLER View of Blackfriars Bridge and St. Paul's Cathedral | small | large |	ROBERT STRANGE Madonna with St. Jerome (The Day) | small | large |
FRANCIS VIVARES The Rural Lovers | small | large |	JOHN PYE The Waders | small | large |	WILLIAM WOOLLETT Solitude | small | large |
WILLIAM WOOLLETT Cicero at his Villa | small | large |	FRANCESCO BARTOLOZZI Conjugal Love | small | large |	EDWARD FISHER Laurence Sterne | small | large |
WILLIAM HOGARTH Scholars at a Lecture | small | large |	WILLIAM HOGARTH The Sleeping Congregation | small | large |	WILLIAM HOGARTH Gin Lane | small | large |
JAMES MCARDELL David Garrick | small | large |	JAMES MCARDELL Francesco Geminiani | small | large |	THOMAS CHEESMAN The Head of a Girl | small | large |
JAMES WATSON Edmund Burke | small | large |	JAMES WARD Madame Chevalier in the Character of Virginia | small | large |	JOHN DIXON Ugolino | small | large |