Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1801 - 1802 - 1803

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James Heath R.A.  43/44                                      1757-1834
Mary Heath (ne Phillipson)   43/44                     1757-1819

Caroline Heath (engraver) - aged 17/18               1784-
Charles Theodosius Heath  - age 16/17               1785-1848 m.Elizabeth Petch d.1861

George Heath (son of James Heath R.A.)   21/22                                    

 

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The Heath Family Engravers 1779-1878, Volume 1. James Heath A.R.A. by John Heath
Shaw's General Zoology Vol.III - 90 plates engraved by James Heath after G.Shaw. Published by G.Kearsley. Continued from 1899

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A.Spencer's Works (The Works of the English Poets with prefaces by Samuel Johnson). 12 plates engraved by James Heath after Thomas Stothard R.A., published by J.Heath and G.Kearsley. Published 1 May 1802. Price 2 guineas or £3.12 on large paper boards. Between 1802 and 1810 Heath and Kearsley re-published as Vols. VII-IX of Johnson's 'Lives of the English Poets' Abraham Cowley's Works, with seven plates by James Heath after Robert Smirke R.A., and Thomas Stothard R.A., in 1810 Vols.XII-XIV  consisting of the 'Works of Milton' was also published in 1810 with seven plates by James Heath after Thurston.

The first proofs of some of the plates were inscribed 'E.Smith sculp.' possibly an error for Anker Smith, James Heath's assistant. Cowley's Works cost one guinea (or £1.16.0 on large boards) per set, while Butler's Works cost 14/- (or £1.4.0) per set.

1. - Vol.I. Frontispiece: - Edmond Spencer, plate size 5 x 6cm (oval) 
2. - 'A lovely ladie...'
3. - 'Beside his head...'
4. - And all that while...'
5. - 'And ekethat stranger...'
6. - 'Thereat all knights...'
7.  - 'Till she again thus said...'
8. - 'But when the salvage saw...'
9. - 'Such was the beauty...'
10. - 'Against his will fast bound...'
11. - 'Behold while she before the altar stands...'
12. - 'The joyous nymphs...'

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B.Cowley's Works, Vols VII-IX - engraved by James Heath after Henry Tresham R.A. - plate sizes 10 x 7cm. Published by J.Heath and G.Kearsley. Although there are no captions to the illustrations, the poems are referred to as follows: 
1. - Vol.I. Frontispiece: Cowley.
2. - The Complaint.
3. - The Long Life.
4. - The Resurrection
5. - Weeping.
6. - The Government of Oliver Cromwell.
7. - Horace. Epod. Ode.II

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Heath's Shakspeare. (sic) - 22 plates engraved by James Heath after Thomas Stothard R.A. and Henry Fuseli R.A. plate size about 31 x 20cm. Published by G.G.J. and J.Robinson (1802-4), then John Stockdale (1807), J.Murray, J.Heath and W.Woodman( 1817) and H.McLean (1818). Six volumes. Originally published in parts between 1802-04 (No.2 Two Gentlemen of Verona, No.6 Comedy of Errors etc) at one guinea each; the plates were also sold separately by James Heath from his house at 15 Russell Place. 

The project was launched with a prospectus in 1796; No.7. and 21. were exhibited as first impressions at the Royal Academy in the same year, and No.9 and 6. were also exhibited in 1802 and 1804 respectively. The work was evidently intended to rival Boydell's Shakspeare, with finally appeared in 1802 after 16 years of gestation, and the finished plates are mainly dated 1802, with the notable exception of No.12, which is dated '1 Aug. 1803' and is only to be found in Stockdale's edition of 1807; Stockdale seems to have taken over the publication (in a much more luxurious edition) when Robinson's got into financial difficulties in December 1804. James Heath had originally hoped to use some of Boydell's artists from whom to engrave but his idea was thwarted by Boydell so that in the event only Stothard and Fuseli did so. The McLean edition (1818) was bound up with Bartolozzi's plates illustrating Milton, and sold for 9 guineas. 

Pickering issued a revised edition with the plates reduced to 6 x 4 size by Augustus Fox in 1825-6.

1. King John: 'Here I and sorrow sit...'
2. 'Hubert, let me not...'
Taming of the Shrew -
3. 'See where she comes.'
4. 'O mercy, God...'
Macbeth.
5. 'What are these?'
6. I have done the deed...'
Two Gentlemen of Verona
7. 'Ruffian, let go...'
8. 'Nay take them...'
Love's Labour Lost
9. 'Like a demi-god ...'
10. 'We come to visit...'
The Tempest.
11. 'What is it? A spirit?'
12. 'Hell is empty...' 
Comedy of Errors
13. 'Most mighty duke...'
14. 'O bind him...'
Merchant of Venice
15. 'There are some shrewd...'
16. 'Most learned judge...'
Twelfth Night.
17. 'Farewell, dear heart...'
18. 'Heaven restore thee...'
A Winter's Tale;
19. 'Mark you devotion...'
20. 'This is fairy gold...'
Midsummer's Night Dream
21. 'Go, bid the huntsman...'
22. 'Now my Titania...'

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Boydell's Shakspeare (Revised by George Steevens. - 4 plates, engraved by James Heath after Rev'd W.Peters R.A., Robert Smirke R.A., James Northcote R.A., published by J.and J.Boydell and W.Nicol. Issued in 9 volumes, and priced at 42 guineas in Boydell catalogue of 1807. According to Farington, James Heath charged 100 guineas each for these plates; Boydell maintained that he had originally agreed in 1786 to engrave all the 'small' plates for this edition at 30 guineas each. 
The plates by James Heath were originally published by Boydells in 1791 and 1792.
Vol.III - Much Ado About Nothing, Act III. Sc.I. - plate size 22 x 16cm
Vol. VI - Richard III, Act IV, Sc.III. - plate size 17 x 23cm.
Vol. IX. - Romeo and Juliette - plate size 22 x 15cm. 

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The Arabian Nights (Rev.d E. Forster) - Engraved by James Heath after Robert Smirke R.A. 5 Volumes published by William Miller. This project brought together the best engravers of the day, who began as a result to meet regularly to discuss engravers' problems, pension funds etc. 
The BMPR reference contains two apparently unpublished proofs for this edition by James Heath: ie, a man with a woman, and four ladies looking at a bird (untitled) but dated '4.1802.'
Vol.I - 'Zobeide after rescuing the fairy...'

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Thomson's Seasons - Engraved by James Heath after William Hamilton R.A. 
Pg.115 - 'Musidora' - plate size 11 x 8cm. 'Publ. 1 June 1802' 

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Poetical Works of Hector MacNeill. Engraved by Jamse Heath after Thomas Stothard R.A., published by Longman and O.Rees.
Vol.II. 'Awhile wi'fluanting airs...' plate size 9 x 7cm.
Published by F.J. du Roveray in two volumes (in one). The print was also published separately in MacNeill's 'Scottish Muse.'

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Separate print - Engraved by James Heath after Sir Thomas Lawrence P.R.A., - exhibited at the Royal Academy as No.593 in 1802.
'The late Marquess of Bath.' 

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Separate print - Engraved by James Heath after John Russell R.A., published by James Heath. 
'John Bannister R.A.' - plate size 11 x 9cm, published by James Heath. Oval stipple, published 10 April 1802 from a drawing dated 1799 showing Bannister as Colonel Feignwell in Mrs Centlivres' 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife.' The plate was re-issued in 1819 under the title of 'Mr John Bannister as Colonel Feignwell.' James Heath was a close friend of the actor. See also 1796 for another engraving of Bannister by James Heath after Westall.

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Tuesday 8 June 1802
Sun (London)

Johnson's Poets, Re-edited by Dr.Aikin. 
This day were published, with Thirteen Plates, engraved by Mr.Heath from Designs by Mr.Stothard, handsomely printed on a fine paper, and hot-pressed, in Six Volumes, Foolscap Octavo, Price Two Guineas, or on large paper, with Proof Impressions of the Plates,Three Guineas in boards,

The Poetical Works of Edmund Spencer, printed from the Text of J.Upton, with a Preface, Biographical and Critical by J.Aikin M.D., 

Being the first Six Volumes of a New Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, with Prefaces, Biographical and Critical by Samuel Johnson L.L.D. re-edited  with new Biographical and Critical matter by J.Aikin M.D.,  and with Embellishments to be engraved by Mr.Heath.

Printed for J.Heath, Russel Place, Fitzroy Square, G.Kearsley, Fleet Street; Bell and Bradsute, Edinburgh; Brash and Reid, Glasgow; and Archer and Colbert, Dublin.

The Works of Cowley, with Designs by Mr.Tresham, and the Works of Butler, with Designs by Mr.Smirke, will be published shortly.
 

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1803

    

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