James Heath
(1757-1834), EngraverSitter associated with 8 portraits
Artist associated with 84 portraits
James Heath was apprenticed in 1771 to the engraver Joseph Collyer the Younger, after which he was employed by the Robinson family of booksellers from 1779 to 1804. Between 1780 and 1788 Heath produced 100 prints for the publisher Harrison's Novelist's Magazine from designs by Thomas Stothard. He engraved some plates for John Boydell's Shakspeare Gallery, and in 1802 published on his own behalf a six-volume set of Shakespeare illustrated with engravings after works by Stothard and Henry Fuseli. In 1791 Heath was elected an associate of the Royal Academy, and in 1794 he was appointed historical engraver to George III, a title that he held under different monarchs until his retirement.
by James Heath, after George Chinnery
stipple engraving, late 18th century
NPG D35284
by James Heath, after Daniel Gardner
stipple engraving, late 18th century
NPG D37381
by James Heath, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, (1770)
NPG D7479
Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol
by James Heath, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
line engraving, published 1779 (1762)
NPG D14000
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville
by James Heath, published by J. Walker, after Dodd
line engraving, published 31 August 1782
NPG D15644
Mary Ann Yates in the Character of the Tragic Muse
by James Heath, after Thomas Stothard
line engraving, published 1783
NPG D8465
Mary Ann Yates in the Character of the Tragic Muse
by James Heath, after Thomas Stothard
line engraving, published 1783
NPG D8907
Mary Ann Yates in the Character of the Tragic Muse
by James Heath, after Thomas Stothard
line engraving, published 1783
NPG D8908
by James Heath, probably after Thomas Stothard
line engraving, published 1784
NPG D11462
by James Heath, published by Harrison & Co, after John Opie
line engraving, published 14 March 1786
NPG D19057
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 26 May 1787
NPG D35301
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 21 May 1787
NPG D3206
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 21 May 1787
NPG D19013
by James Heath, published by George Nicol, after John Russell
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1788
NPG D14234
Richard Pennant, Baron Penrhyn
by James Heath, after Henry Thomson
stipple engraving, (circa 1790)
NPG D40146
Dorothy Jordan as Hippolita in Cibber's 'She would and she would not'
by James Heath, published by William Lowndes, after Thomas Stothard
hand-coloured line engraving, published 2 April 1790
NPG D47418
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