About John Goldar
Lived 1729 – 1795 (aged 65–66). John Goldar was a British printmaker, copper engraver, draftsperson and publisher.
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 (of John Dixon after William 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 of apoplexy, while walking with his daughter through Hyde Park, London. He also had some plates in The New English Theatre (1777) published by Lowndes.
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Who was John Goldar?
British engraver (1729–1795)
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John Goldar was born in 1729 in Oxford.
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John Goldar died on 16 August 1795 in Hyde Park.
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John Goldar was a printmaker, copper engraver, draftsperson and publisher.
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