User: Give me the list of British artists born before 1700
Assistant: These are the British artists 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