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Heath, Charles, 1785-1848 The Arrest [one of a pair of historical subjects] Pencil and wash 4 7/8 X 7 1/8 inches

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Charles Heath
1785-1848

An illustrator and engraver, Heath was the illegitimate son of the engraver James Heath. He exhibited at the Society of British (of which he was a member) and at the Royal Academy from 1801 to 1825. He engraved plates after his own work and after a number of popular artists, notably Benjamin West He is best known as a publisher of the illustrated travel “Annuals” of the 1830s, for whom a number of artists produced work.


Literature
Binyon, L. Catalogue of Drawings by British Artists in the British Museum. 1898-1907.
Booth, John. Looking at Old Prints. 1983.
Houfe, Simon. Dictionary of 19th Century Britih Book Illustrators and Caricaturists. 2d rev. ed, 1996
Johnson, Jane, ed. Works Exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, 1824-1893, and the New English Art Club, 1888-1917. London, 1975.
Mackenzie, Ian. British Prints. 1987.
Mallalieu, Huon. Dictionary of British Watercolor Artists up to 1920. 2d [rev.] ed., 1986.
Wood, Christopher. Dictionary of Victorian Painters. 2d. rev. ed. 1978.