Michael D.Heath-Caldwell M.Arch.

1991 - 1993 - 1998

This work is a study of the growth and ulitmate eclipse of the line engravers' art in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as reflected through the work and fortunes of three generations of the Heath family.

In addition to the exhaustive catalogues and bibliographic information there are extensive notes on the historical and artistic background to the period with much detail on the relationships of the Heath engravers with many of the leading British artists, publishers, print dealers and engravers of their day, as well as on their working habits, payment systems and business methods generally.

This original in-depth research on the contribution of the Heath family to the development of the printed illustration during the period will be of interest to art historians, academics and book collectors