| Method | Copper engraved with original hand colour |
| Artist | Heather, William |
| Published | London, Published as the Act directs, July 12th, 1812, by William Heather, at the Navigation Warehouse, No.157, Leadenhall Street. [1814 Edition corrected by John William Norie.] |
| Dimensions | 640 x 780 mm |
| Notes |
A detailed sea chart featuring a large map of the Plymouth Sound, and two smaller maps of Portland & Weymouth and Falmouth & Helford, with additional notes and illustrations. Full title reads: To the Right Honorable the Master, Wardens, & Elder Brethren of the Trinity House, This Chart of Plymouth Sound Is most respectfully Dedicated By their humble Servant W. Heather. / A New Chart accurately exhibiting The Race of Portland with the Roads of Portland And Weymouth from the Latest Surveys, by Wm. Heather. / A New Chart of the Entrances to Falmouth and Helford Drawn from the latest Surveys, &c. by W. Heather. William Heather (1764 - 1812) was a British engraver and chart publisher based in London. He was apprenticed to the bookseller and stationer George Michell of Bond Street, and became a freeman of the Stationers' Company in 1789. He then worked for the navigation teacher and chart publisher John Hamilton Moore at Little Tower Hill. In 1793 he opened his own business at 157 Leadenhall Street, later named Navigation House. The Naval Academy of John William Norie (1772 - 1843) was also based at this address. Between 1796 and 1800 Heather published in partnership as Heather & Williams. After Heather's retirement in 1812, Norie continued the business with his financial partner George Wilson, trading as Norie & Co. Condition: Vertical fold in centre of sheet, as issued. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £550.00 |
| Stock ID | 30940 |