English artist in a particular period (3)
I believe the answer is:
era
'a particular period' is the definition.
'english artist' is the wordplay.
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'artist' becomes 'ra' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'e'+'ra'='ERA'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for era that I've seen before include "day" , "Memorable period" , "Distinctive period of time" , "Series of years" , "quite some time" .)