John Goldar

John Goldar(1729–1795) was an English engraver.

Life

Born at London in 1738, Goldar resided in Charlotte Street,Blackfriars Road,Southwark.He made a couple of forays into print publishing on his own account (ofJohn DixonafterWilliam Lawrenson,and much later of naval prints and after Henry Richter), but mostly worked for the book trade.

On 16 August 1795 Goldar died suddenly ofapoplexy,while walking with his daughter throughHyde Park, London.

Works

The actressElizabeth Satchell,engraving by John Goldar

Goldar is best known for his engravings of the pictures painted byJohn Collet,in imitation ofWilliam Hogarth.Four of these, published byJohn Boydellin 1782, represent a series entitled "Modern Love", and among others wereThe Recruiting Sergeant,The Female Bruisers,The Sacrifice,The Country Choristers,andThe Refusal.Similar subject matter was in his engravings afterPhilip Dawe,Samuel Hieronymus GrimmandHerbert Pugh.

Goldar also engraved portraits, including those of the Rev.William Jay,James Lackingtonthe bookseller,Peter Clarethe surgeon, and others. In 1771 he exhibited an unfinished proof of an engraving afterJohn Hamilton Mortimerat the exhibition of theIncorporated Society of Artists.

As an illustrator, Goldar's work included aHistory of England(1789) for John Harrison. This was based, at some distance, on that byPaul de Rapin.He also had some plates inThe New English Theatre(1777) published by Lowndes.

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Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain:Stephen, Leslie;Lee, Sidney,eds. (1890). "Goldar, John".Dictionary of National Biography.Vol. 22. London: Smith, Elder & Co.