This year our Ten Things column each month is alternating between composers and artists a century at a time from pre-1500 to 20th century. As always, there’s no guarantee you will have heard of them all!

Ten Artists Born in 18th Century

1. John Constable
2. JMW Turner
3. Jean-Honoré Fragonard
4. John Sell Cotman
   

   

5. John Crome
6. François Boucher
7. Giovanni Battista Piranesi
8. William Blake
9. Katsushika Hokusai
10. Antonio Canova