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John Goldar

(1729-1795), Engraver and printseller

Artist associated with 45 portraits
John Goldar was a line and stipple engraver. During the 1760s, he engraved at least fourteen humorous paintings by John Collet, an artist dubbed 'the second Hogarth', eleven of which were commissioned by the publisher and picture dealer Thomas Bradford. He engraved copies of other comic paintings by a variety of artists including Herbert Pugh, Philip Dawes and Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, for the printsellers and picture dealers Henry Parker, John Wesson and Robert Sayer. Goldar exhibited with the Society of Artists from 1769 to 1772. He produced numerous portraits and views of naval battles for James Harrison's edition of Paul de Rapin-Thoyras's History of England (1784-6).

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John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, by John Goldar, after  Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D16633

John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough

by John Goldar, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 22 April 1786
NPG D16633

William Waynflete, by John Goldar - NPG D16745

William Waynflete

by John Goldar
line engraving, published 24 June 1786
NPG D16745

King Edward II, by John Goldar - NPG D5009

King Edward II

by John Goldar
line engraving, published 1787
NPG D5009

King James II, by John Goldar, after  Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D16731

King James II

by John Goldar, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, 25 August 1787 (1688)
NPG D16731

King James II, by John Goldar, after  Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt - NPG D16730

King James II

by John Goldar, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, 25 August 1787 (1688)
NPG D16730

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