Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1788 - 1789 - 1790

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Joseph Heath - Bookseller - Nottingham    1728-1789
George Heath -Bookbinder - London         1724-1773
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Joseph Heath - Bookbinder - Attorney?     1754-1820

James Heath A.R.A.                                   1757-1834

Mary Heath (ne Phillipson)                        1757-1819
Caroline Heath (engraver)                          1784-
Charles Theodosius Heath                          1785-1848 m.Elizabeth Petch d.1861
Amelia C. Heath

Sarah Heath                                                1759-
George Heath                                             1766-1821

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Thursday 1 January 1789
Derby Mercury.

Thursday morning died at Nottingham, Mr.Heath, formerly a respectable Bookseller of that place. His death was extremely sudden. He had been at the Methodist chapel the last night of the year, where he staid till past twelve. On his return home, he found Mrs.Heath in bed, and informing her that the clock had struck twelve, complained of a great pain in his breast, fell back upon the floor, and died without a groan. 

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Friday 9 January 1789
Stamford Mercury

Deaths
Wednesday morning died, at Nottingham, Mr.Heath, formerly a respectable bookseller of that place.

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Friday 9 January 1789
Chester Chronicle

On Thursday morning died, at Nottingham, Mr.Heath, formerly a respectable bookseller of that place. His death was remarkably sudden: He had been at the methodist meeting that last night of the year, where he staid till past twelve. On his return home he found Mrs.Heath in bed, and, after informing her that the clock had struck twelve, and wishing her many happy years, he fell back upon the floor, and died almost without a groan.

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Chapelyard of Castle Gate Independent Chapel. Partially erased recumbent stone,
Here Lieth the Body of
Joseph Heath
Who departed Life (sic)
- Jan [17**] ie Jan. 1st, 1789.
Aged [61] 

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The Heath Family Engravers 1779-1878, Volume 1. James Heath A.R.A. by John Heath

Lavater's Essays on Physiognamy (J.K.Lavater) - 86 plates, varying in size from 9 x 8cm, mostly oval. Published by H.D.Symonds and J.Walker. The first 1789 edition with James Heath engravings contained a total of 332 plates, in 3 volumes: the second 1804 edition from which the details here are taken, has a fourth volume, described as 'an addition,' with a total of 418 prints, of which 86 are mainly a series of faces., engraved in stipple or etched, and mainly unattributed. The print of Frederick the Great re-appears in the Literary and Biographical Magazine as by Anker Smith. (February 1791).

Lavater, who was Swiss, was an intimate friend of Henry Fuseli R.A., who edited the English edition; Fuseli and James Heath were also artistic associates and friends. These editions must also be distinguished from the Hunter edition of Lavater also published in 1789 by John Murray, and a 1792 edition, with engravings by Holloway. 
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The Family Expositor. - Frontispiece: Portrait of Philip Doddridge D.D. ob. 1751. - plate size 11 x 9cm. Published by G.G.J. & J. Robinson. 8th edition. A paraphrase of the New Testament, with a life of Dr.Doddridge by Dr.Andrew Kippis. Another edition published in 1792, with the same plate in an oval. The same plate was used for the frontispiece to Vol.I. of the 'Works of Philip Doddridge' published by W.J.& J Richardson in 13 volumes in 1804
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The Works of Soane Jenyns M.P. Engraved by James Heath after Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A., - Vol.I. Frontispiece:Portrait of Soane Jenyns M.P., ob. 1787. - plate size 14 x 9cm. Published by T.Cadell. 'Publ. Dec.1.1789'
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Earl Strongbow - Engraved by James Heath after Thomas Stothard R.A. Frontispiece: Young cavalier giving his sword to a girl. - plate size 14 x 9cm. Published by T.Lowndes. 
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Separate print - Engraved by James Heath after Joseph Slater - Archery at Blackheath. - plates size 58 x 33cm. - dated '2 March, 1789' - Published by Harrison & Co.
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Separate print - Engraved by James Heath after John Opie R.A., Robert Smirke R.A., - Dr Samuel Johnson. - plate size 25 x 16cm. published by Harrison & Co. 'Published March 14, 1789,' The engraving shows Dr.Johnson, with a sarchophagus below. For other engravings by James Heath of Dr.Johonson see 1786, 1790, and 1799. 

Engraving by James Heath - Abba Gumba Bird

Engraving by James Heath - Arab of Loheia, Tribe of Beni Koriesh 

Engraving by James Heath - Arab Sheikh. - Published, London, December 1789 by G.Robinson and Co.

Engraving by James Heath - Ashkoko. 

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Saturday 10 January 1789
Ipswich Journal

New Annual Register. For the year 1787. This day was published, in One Large volume 8vo. price 6s 6d. half-bound Volume the Eighth of -

The New Annual Register; or General Repository of History, Politics, and Literature for the year 1787.  - - - continues - - - 

Also, lately published by the same booksellers - The Life of Captain James Cook - by Andrew Kippis D.D., F.R.S., and S.A. Ornamented with a Head of Captain Cook, engraved by Heath, from an original painting, by Mr.Dance. In one volume quarto, price One Guinea in boards, in the same size and letter with the voyages. 

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Tuesday 24 March 1789
Kentish Gazette

Friday night, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a fire broke out in the house of Mr.Heath, engraver, Leicester Street, Leicester fields, which, from the great fury of the flames, and the scarcity of water, was soon reduced to ashes. The Nunnery adjoining, from the inflammatory matter it contained, soon share the same fate; the laughter-loving tribe, escaping without any other injury than the momentary interruption of their midnight orgies. Some other houses were considerably damaged; but the flames were happily prevented communicating to the Princes Street.

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Saturday 28 March 1789
Cambridge Chronicle and Journal

Friday night a fire broke out in the house of Mr.Heath, engraver, in Leicester Street, by which Mr.Heath's house and one adjoining were burnt down. The fire broke out in Mr.Heath's bedchamber, as is supposed by the carelessness of maid servants.

Mr.Heath has suffered materially by this accident; and the arts have suffered with him. Many fine pictures, drawing, plates, and prints, were consumed in the flames; among others, three of the small plates for Mr.Boydell's Shakespeare, and unfortunately two of them for the first number. Wheatley's fine picture of the riots, which Mr.Heath was engraving for Messrs Boydell's, was burnt, but the plate was saved. 

The most fortunate circumstance in this unlucky accident was the saving of the plate of the death of Major Pearson, after Copley's celebrated picture in Mr.Aldberman Boydell's gallery, upon which Mr.Heath has been at work for five years. This he saved at the hazard of his life, as it was in the room over that where the fire broke out.  

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Monday 30 March 1789
Salisbury and Winchester Journal

On Friday night a fire broke out at Mr.Heath's, engraver, in Leicester Street, which entirely consumed the same, and damaged the Hotel next door, and burnt backwards to Prince's Street. In the confusion a son of Mr.Heath, a child about four months old, had been left in bed; and being surrounded by the flames, cried out loud enough to be heard. Mr.Heath ran to its relief, and with difficulty, and not without being scorched in several places, rescued it.

This ingenious artist, it is said, has lost by this unfortunate accident property in prints, plates &c. to the value of £2,000. The great picture of the riots in London in 1780, and the small one of the death of Major Pierson, both the property of Mr.Alderman Boydell, were consumed: but Mr.Heath was lucky enough to save the plates of them, on which he has been employed for years.

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Monday 30 March 1789
Reading Mercury

Between eleven and twelve o'clock on Friday night, a fire broke out at the house of Mr.Heath, engraver in Leicester Street, who has lost, in valuable prints, to the amount of eight hundred pounds. 

His youngest child, an infant, was surrounded by flames and was on the point of being lost, when Mr.Heath, in the most imminent danger, sprung into the room, seized the child, and rescued it from the flames, not without burning his own hands and his hair. 

He then explored his way into the graving room, and fortunately saved two great plates, nearly finished, the one of Major Pierson, and the other of the Riots. The whole of his loss is estimated at eighteen hundred pounds.

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Victoria & Albert Museum - Press Cuttings on Artistic Subjects - via John Heath - Vol.III
1789 ?

Morning Chronicle

What are the stupendous Proprietors of a certain great work about? Like Burleigh in the Critic - Silent but with much meaning!!! In all probability however at the publication of Heath's first Number they may shake their heads to some purpose (Reference to Boydell's Shakespeare and Heath's proposed rival Shakespeare).

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Victoria & Albert Museum - Press Cuttings on Artistic Subjects - via John Heath - Vol.III
17 June 1789

The Print of the Death of Major Pierson from Copley's picture engraved by Heath for Boydell has been near five years in hand and not come out - they may be some years before they are seen by the public.  - But when one Artist thus attempts to injure the reputation of others, and holds out pretensions that cannot be put into practice, it is our duty to place facts fairly before the public . . . . (James Heath is clearly referred to here)

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Victoria & Albert Museum - Press Cuttings on Artistic Subjects - via John Heath - Vol.III
December 1789

Morning Chronicle

Heath - whose genius and ability render the loss of Woollett less weighty - has just finished the plate of the Riots from the picture of Wheatley. The Cognoscenti have formed the most flattering expectations from this print, and they will not be disappointed.

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