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, published by Joseph Johnson, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 10 March 1790 (1784)
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by James Heath, after Benjamin Wilson
line engraving, published circa 1790-1800
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'The riot in Broad Street on the seventh of June 1780'
by James Heath, published by John Boydell, and published by Josiah Boydell, after Francis Wheatley
line engraving, published 29 September 1790
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by James Heath, after Robert Smirke
stipple and line engraving, 1790
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by James Heath, published by Charles Dilly, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 10 April 1791 (1756-1757)
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by James Heath, published by W. Scott, and published by Edmund Scott, after Thomas Gainsborough
stipple, published 11 March 1792
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by James Heath, after Thomas Olive
stipple engraving, published 1793
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Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
by James Heath, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, (circa 1795)
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Thomas Thynne, 1st Marquess of Bath
by James Heath, after Sir Thomas Lawrence
line engraving, (circa 1795)
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by James Heath, published by Daniel Isaac Eaton, after John Opie
stipple engraving, (circa 1797)
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published by James Heath, after Gilbert Stuart
engraving, published 12 October 1797
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by James Heath, published by Darling & Thompson, and Thomas Simpson, after Richard Westall
hand-coloured stipple, published 1 May 1797
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by James Heath, published by Daniel Isaac Eaton, after John Opie
stipple engraving, (circa 1797)
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William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford
by James Heath, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple and line engraving, published 1798
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by James Heath, after John Giles Eccardt
line engraving, published 1 May 1798
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by James Heath, published by George, George and John Robinson
line engraving, published 1 May 1798
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Henrietta Howard (née Hobart), Countess of Suffolk when Mrs Howard
by James Heath, after Unknown artist
stipple and line engraving, published 1798
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by James Heath, after John Giles Eccardt
line engraving, published 1798
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Mary Hervey (née Lepell), Lady Hervey of Ickworth
by James Heath
line and stipple engraving, published 1798
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by James Heath, after Sir Joshua Reynolds
stipple engraving, published 1799 (1767-1769)
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