Francesco Bartolozzi was an Italian engraver, whose most productive period was spent in London. He is noted for popularizing the "crayon" method of engraving.
John Boydell was a British publisher noted for his reproductions of engravings. He helped alter the trade imbalance between Britain and France in engravings and initiated a British tradition in the art form. A former engraver himself, Boydell promoted the interests of artists as well as patrons and as a result his business prospered.
William Woollett was an English engraver operating in the 18th century.
Richard Earlom was an English mezzotinter.
George Nicol was a bookseller and publisher in 18th-century London. In 1781, he became bookseller to George III, a position he held until 1820. In 1785, he published an improved edition of James Cook's third voyage. In 1786, he became involved with John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery and bore responsibility for the letterpress. He and the others in the project wanted to create a type that would be both utilitarian and beautiful.
The Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, England, was the first stage of a three-part project initiated in November 1786 by engraver and publisher John Boydell in an effort to foster a school of British history painting. In addition to the establishment of the gallery, Boydell planned to produce an illustrated edition of William Shakespeare's plays and a folio of prints based upon a series of paintings by different contemporary painters. During the 1790s the London gallery that showed the original paintings emerged as the project's most popular element.
Johan Faber, anglicized as John Faber and commonly referred to as John Faber the Elder, was a Dutch miniaturist and portrait engraver active in London, where he set up a shop for producing and marketing his own work. His son John Faber Jr. was also active in this field.
Charles Theodosius Heath was a British engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator.
Thomas Hearne was an English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator. Hearne's watercolours were typified by applying a wash of subtle subdued colours over a clear outline in fine brush, pen or pencil. His techniques were studied by younger artists such as Thomas Girtin and J. M. W. Turner.
Bernard Baron was a French engraver and etcher who spent much of his life in England.
James Stow, was an English engraver.
John Emes (1762–1810) was a British engraver and water-colour painter. His wife Rebecca Emes ran a successful silver business after his death.
François Vivares was a French landscape-engraver, active in England.
Claude Du Bosc was a French engraver and printseller who spent much of his career in London. Associated with the pioneering French Rococo artist Antoine Watteau, Du Bosc notably contributed to English printmaking and publishing during the early 18th century, alongside with a younger contemporary Hubert-François Gravelot and other French engravers who worked in England.
John Smith was an English mezzotint engraver and print seller. Closely associated with the portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Smith was one of leading exponents of the mezzotint medium during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was regarded among first English-born artists to receive international recognition, along the younger painter William Hogarth.
Jean Simon, anglicized as John Simon was an English mezzotint engraver and print publisher of French Huguenot birth, particularly known for his portraits. Notably associated with the portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Simon had an active career that spanned at least three and a half decades, and was regarded as one of the mezzotint medium's most prolific masters of his generation, along with the older contemporaneous engraver John Smith.
Samuel Middiman (1750–1831) was an English engraver.
John Goldar (1729–1795) was an English engraver.
Caroline Watson (1761?–1814) was an English stipple engraver.
Edward Cooper was an English print seller, regarded as the most distinguished print publisher of his generation and a leading figure in the art world.
