John Goddard (engraver)

The portraits include:[1] He engraved the title-page to William Austin's translation of Cicero's treatise, Cato Major, published in 1671.

For Thomas Fuller's Pisgah-sight of Palestine, published in 1645, Goddard engraved the sheet of armorial bearings at the beginning, and some of the maps, including a ground plan of the Temple of Solomon.

[1] He worked also for the arms painter Sylvanus Morgan, and the writing-teachers Richard Gething and Thomas Shelton, and engraved maps for John Ferrar and Peter Heylyn.

[2] Further plates by him are known, including a set of The Seven Deadly Sins.

[1] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds.

Frontispiece of A Treatise on Fruit-trees (1653) by Ralph Austen , engraving by John Goddard. The picture is emblematic, referring to the enclosed garden of the Song of Solomon , and so to the Church. [ 3 ] At the same time, it shows gardening tools and a planting plan. [ 4 ]