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Charles Heath

Also known as: Charles Heath; primary name: Heath, Charles; other name: Heath, Charles Theodosius
Details: individual; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1785-1848
Address: 6 Seymour Place, Euston Square, London (in 1827)
Biography: Full name Charles Theodosius Heath, but always referred to as Charles Heath. Engraver, illegitimate son and pupil of James, father of Frederick and Alfred. Early fellow at the RBA; exhibited at the SS and at the RA from 1801 to 1825. He moved from engraving into publishing, and was involved in book production and editing annuals. Many of the plates under his name were in fact produced by his workshop assistants.
Bibliography: John Heath, 'The Heath Family Engravers' 1993 DNB

1,361 related objects

album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Title: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Terraco A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles |
Museum number: J,26.1-59 |
Producer name: After:William AlexanderPrint made by:George Cooke |
Production date: 1810-1812

album; print; title-page; book-illustration

Title: A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum with Engravings |
Museum number: J,27.1-98 |
Producer name: After:William AlexanderAfter:Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1814-1820

book of prints; print

Museum number: 1859,0514.179-202 |
Producer name: After:Robert SmirkePublished by:Rodwell & Martin |
Production date: 1821-1822 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1890,0512.102 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Drawn by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1805-1811

drawing

Museum number: 1867,1109.1.1-6985 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1769-1849

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1958,0712.434 |
Producer name: BIOG49003 Drawn by:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1832

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1866,1208.245-259 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPublished by:D Appleton & Co |
Production date: 1845 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)Published in:New York (city)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1880,0110.1-7 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:John Pye, the younger |
Production date: 1809 1811 |
Production place: Published in:EdinburghPublished in:London (England)

illustrated book; print

Museum number: 1951,1110.75.1-12 |
Producer name: Published by:LongmanPrinted by:McQueen & Co |
Production date: 1838 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1848,1125.460 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0808.13579 |
Producer name: After:Richard CorbouldPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1790-1820s

print

Title: Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7875 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Peter Paul Rubens |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Title: The Fire-Worshippers |
Museum number: 1868,0822.3045 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1830s

print; book-illustration

Title: Lucy |
Museum number: 1877,0714.48 |
Producer name: After:Richard WestallPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1828

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Kynaston |
Museum number: 1865,1014.514 |
Producer name: Print made by:W Joseph EdwardsAfter:Fanny Corbaux |
Production date: 1843

print; book-illustration

Title: Bride of Abydos |
Museum number: 1868,0822.7848 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1814

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5662 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1876,1209.669 |
Producer name: After:Henry CorbouldPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1800-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4236 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810-1828

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.515 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis EngleheartAfter:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Title: Montrose discovered in Disguise |
Museum number: 1892,0714.545 |
Producer name: Print made by:Edward RadclyffeAfter:George Cattermole |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Sandys |
Museum number: 1865,1014.537 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:John Hayter |
Production date: 1846

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1930 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1872,1012.1600 |
Producer name: After:Henry CorbouldPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1828-1846

print; book-illustration

Title: Aga Mahomed Khan |
Museum number: 1873,0712.616 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Title: The First |
Museum number: 1872,1012.6019 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Francis Philip Stephanoff |
Production date: 1809-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.199 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.6852 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1809-1812

print; book-illustration

Title: The Lady Elizabeth Villiers |
Museum number: 1865,1014.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:W Joseph EdwardsAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1823-1855

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0714.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:George Cattermole |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.188 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Samuel Woodforde |
Production date: 1806-1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5668 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Title: Shâh Tâmasp |
Museum number: 1873,0712.620 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.322 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810-1848

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.432 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1816-1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4234 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810-1828

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Verschoyle |
Museum number: 1865,1014.553 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5672 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5619 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0714.562 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:George Cattermole |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Title: Futteh Aly Shah |
Museum number: 1873,0712.619 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Title: Marchioness of Abercorn and Child |
Museum number: 1865,1014.468 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:James Thompson |
Production date: 1837

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7811 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Frank Stone |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.423 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Henry WattPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1866,1110.998 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Sir Robert Ker Porter |
Production date: 1803-1806

print; book-illustration

Title: The Ladey Bulkeley Phillips |
Museum number: 1865,1014.531 |
Producer name: Print made by:William KnightAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0714.650 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Henry WattPrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Ellen Power |
Museum number: 1865,1014.532 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:Henry Robinson |
Production date: 1842

print; book-illustration

Title: Kurreem Khan |
Museum number: 1873,0712.617 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1815

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.307 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Henry Wyatt |
Production date: 1835-1836

print; book-illustration

Title: Marchioness of Abercorn and Child |
Museum number: 1878,0713.1467 |
Producer name: After:Edwin LandseerPrint made by:James Thompson |
Production date: 1837

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.102 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry Richard CookAfter:Edward Henry Corbould |
Production date: 1838-1849

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1617 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7384 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: The Honble Mrs Spalding |
Museum number: 1865,1014.539 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1843

print

Title: Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1849,0512.835 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathIntermediary draughtsman:William Marshall Craig |
Production date: 1818

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1858,0417.199 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Smirke |
Production date: 1816-1817

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1852,0705.86 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Cook |
Production date: 1809-1810

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1865,1014.732 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Francis Philip Stephanoff |
Production date: 1827-1871

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.447 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1816-1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Meyer |
Museum number: 1865,1014.522 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Eleanor E Christian |
Production date: 1843

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs White |
Museum number: 1865,1014.563 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:William Fisher |
Production date: 1832-1848

print; book-illustration

Title: Mrs Arthur J Lewis |
Museum number: 1865,1014.528 |
Producer name: Print made by:Francis HollAfter:John William Wright |
Production date: 1846

print

Title: Seven Sacraments Stafford Gallery |
Museum number: 1848,1125.456 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Nicolas Poussin |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Sykes |
Museum number: 1865,1014.547 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1836

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5648 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5670 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0331.308 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathPrint made by:James Henry Watt |
Production date: 1820

print

Museum number: 1874,0711.992 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1804

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.459 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Henry Singleton |
Production date: 1816

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1931 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.3640 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1812

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.315 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Alfred Edward Chalon |
Production date: 1841

print; book-illustration

Title: The Peri at the Gate of Eden |
Museum number: 1892,0714.585-586 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:James Meadows |
Production date: 1839

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7788 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Francis Philip Stephanoff |
Production date: 1827-1866

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.5626 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Robert Smirke |
Production date: 1829

print; book-illustration

Title: The Lady Worlsey |
Museum number: 1865,1014.566 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:Christina Robertson |
Production date: 1840

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4192 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Richard Westall |
Production date: 1810-1828

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Georgiana Codrington |
Museum number: 1865,1014.486 |
Producer name: Print made by:W Joseph EdwardsAfter:Robert Thorburn |
Production date: 1843-1864

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1932 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print

Museum number: 1896,1021.43 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Gilbert Stuart Newton |
Production date: 1827

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,0513.455 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles Pye JnrAfter:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1808

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1875,0710.4237 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1810-1828

print; book-illustration

Title: Lady Jane Grey |
Museum number: 1854,0513.490 |
Producer name: After:Samuel WoodfordePrint made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 1806-1808

print

Title: Richard Paul Jodrell Esqr |
Museum number: 1943,0410.1243 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles HeathAfter:Mather Brown |
Production date: 1820

print; book-illustration

Title: Miss Dymoke |
Museum number: 1865,1014.499 |
Producer name: Print made by:William Henry MoteAfter:John Hayter |
Production date: 1845

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1864,0514.235 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert StainesAfter:George Cattermole |
Production date: 1844

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1894,0417.303 |
Producer name: Print made by:Henry RobinsonAfter:Daniel Maclise |
Production date: 1837

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1929 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1871,1209.1620 |
Producer name: BIOG31009 Print made by:Charles Heath |
Production date: 19th century

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1892,0714.649 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Henry WattAfter:Thomas Stothard |
Production date: 1817

print; book-illustration

Title: Murano |
Museum number: 1893,0731.77 |
Producer name: Print made by:Robert William WallisAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1832

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1868,0822.7821 |
Producer name: Print made by:Charles RollsAfter:John Rogers Herbert |
Production date: 1828-1840

print; book-illustration

Title: Castle of Heydelberg |
Museum number: 1849,0512.709 |
Producer name: Print made by:James Tibbetts WillmoreAfter:Clarkson Stanfield |
Production date: 1833

print; book-illustration

Title: Pope's Villa |
Museum number: 1877,0714.54 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Pye, the youngerAfter:Joseph Mallord William Turner |
Production date: 1811

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