David Allan was a Scottish painter, limner, and illustrator, best known for historical subjects and genre works.
In art history, "Old Master" refers to any painter of skill who worked in Europe before about 1800, or a painting by such an artist. An "old master print" is an original print made by an artist in the same period. The term "old master drawing" is used in the same way.
Ottavio Leoni was an Italian painter and printmaker of the early-Baroque, active mainly in Rome.
Hugh Douglas Hamilton was an Irish portrait-painter. He spent considerable periods in London and Rome before returning to Dublin in the early 1790s. Until the mid-1770s he worked mostly in pastel. His style influenced the English painter Lewis Vaslet (1742–1808).
George Barret Sr. was an Irish landscape artist best known for his oil paintings, but also sometimes produced watercolours. He left Ireland in 1762 to move to London where he soon gained recognition as a leading artist of the period. He exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain and was able to gain patronage from many leading art collectors. Barrett with other leading members left the Society in 1768 to found the Royal Academy, where he continued to exhibit until 1782.
Marco Benefial was an Italian, proto-Neoclassical painter, mainly active in Rome. Benefial is best known for his repudiation of 18th century decorative Rococo styles pre-eminent in the Rome dominated by Carlo Maratta pupils. His paintings portrayed tangible human figures, with complex treatment of space, and luminous, warm colors. Along with the altarpieces and frescoes, he also painted many portraits. Because he partnered with some inferior artists who subsequently received credit, some of his paintings have been frequently misidentified.
Benigno Bossi (1727–1792) was an Italian engraver, painter, and stucco artist.
Giuseppe Diotti was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic style.
Matthew William Peters was an English portrait and genre painter who later became an Anglican clergyman and chaplain to George IV. He became known as "William" when he started signing his works as "W. Peters".
Robert West was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher.
Robert Hunter was a portrait-painter and a native of Ulster. He studied under the elder Pope, and had a considerable practice in Dublin in the middle of the eighteenth century. He modelled his tone of colouring on the painting of old masters.
John James Barralet was an Irish artist who spent the later part of his career in the United States.
Adriaan de Lelie was a Dutch painter.
Peter Toms RA was an English portrait and drapery painter, i.e. a painter specialising in depicting drapery for the works of other artists. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy. He was also the Portcullis Pursuivant at the College of Heralds.
Gustavus Hamilton was an Irish miniature painter.
Domenico De Angelis was an Italian painter of the Neoclassic period. Born Domenico Turreggia in Ponzano, he changed his name to De Angelis by 1750, when he moved to Rome with his brother Giuseppe.
James Mannin was an artist, painter and draughtsman who lived in Ireland.
John Parker was an English history and portrait painter, who spent much of his career in Italy.
Francis Robert West was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher.
Robert Lucius West was an Irish artist, draughtsman and teacher.
