German family of artists and print publishers. Johann Jakob Haid (b Kleineislingen, ?23 Jan or 10 Feb 1704; d Augsburg, bur 9 Dec 1767) worked initially with the animal painter Johann Elias Ridinger. He then founded a publishing house in Augsburg and became known primarily for the series of large mezzotint portraits after his own and other artists’ drawings. Johann Elias Haid (b Augsburg, 1737; d Augsburg, bur 5 Feb 1809) was the son and pupil of Johann Jakob Haid; he was artistically more important than his father, whose publishing house he continued. Among the important works published by the firm were the 132 coloured engravings in Britische Tiergeschichten (Augsburg, 1782), the German translation of Thomas Pennant’s British Zoology (London, 1768–70), as well as numerous engravings after famous European painters. He was also Protestant Director of the Reichsstädtische Kunstakademie in Augsburg from 1788 to 1809.