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==Charles Heath Asserts Rights of Engravers== |
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Charles Heath believed it was the right of engravers to keep between 6 and 12 impressions of their work. He challenged this in court and won against a sponsor. The court decided that it was the right of engravers to keep 8 impressions, however, they could not sell them. |
Charles Heath believed it was the right of engravers to keep between 6 and 12 impressions of their work. He challenged this in court and won against a sponsor. The court decided that it was the right of engravers to keep 8 impressions, however, they could not sell them. |
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The government didn't like it when the same concept was applied to stamps, and punished the company ([[Perkins Bacon]]) by stopping their printing of the stamps briefly. (Charles Heath encouraged Perkins to come to England and |
The government didn't like it when the same concept was applied to stamps, and punished the company ([[Perkins Bacon]]) by stopping their printing of the stamps briefly. (Charles Heath encouraged [[Jacob Perkins]] to come to England and cofounded an English Company with him, and the company name was changed when Joshua Butters Bacon bought out the Heath interest in the company.). |
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==Bibliography== |
==Bibliography== |
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Revision as of 01:50, 31 January 2011
Charles Theodosius Heath (1 March 1785 – 18 November 1848) was an English engraver, currency and stamp printer, book publisher and illustrator. He was the son of James Heath, also an engraver. Charles Heath(as engraver), George Heath (financial backer-half brother) and Henry Corbould (designer) printed money and various stamps for multiple governments. Charle's father, with other roles, was the engraver to the King. Charles Heath's published books are being reprinted today.
An entrepreneur who first mass produced steel engravings in Britain for the purpose of illustration, he was a driving force behind, and contributor to, the new genre of the literary annual. His business ventures were the first English publications (and currency, stamps, etc) to use the new method of steel etching printing patented by Jacob Perkins. Charles Heath established his own literary annual, The Keepsake, in 1827, and tried to persuade Sir Walter Scott to become its editor. His productions were very successful, but he often had difficulty managing his finances, and in the 1840s he had to sell much of his stock to stay afloat.
He owned a large studio, and a great deal of the work signed "Heath" is not actually by him; nevertheless he was very prolific. Two of his sons were engravers and one was a painter. He was related by marriage to Henry Corbould, whom he also had a business relationship.
Charles Heath Asserts Rights of Engravers
Charles Heath believed it was the right of engravers to keep between 6 and 12 impressions of their work. He challenged this in court and won against a sponsor. The court decided that it was the right of engravers to keep 8 impressions, however, they could not sell them. The government didn't like it when the same concept was applied to stamps, and punished the company (Perkins Bacon) by stopping their printing of the stamps briefly. (Charles Heath encouraged Jacob Perkins to come to England and cofounded an English Company with him, and the company name was changed when Joshua Butters Bacon bought out the Heath interest in the company.).
Bibliography
- John Heath. The Heath Family Engravers. In three volumes. Scolar Press, 1993. Quacks, 1999.
External links
- Short biography by J. J. Heath-Caldwell
- Article on connections with Scott at Edinburgh University