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All summer I've been posting some of the most amazing images found in the pages of Ackermann's Repository; which was a well know publication in England during the Regency period. My favorite have been the fancy Evening and Ball Dresses. There is just something so romantic about balls from the days of old and I enjoy reading about them in the pages of romance novels. My pick of the 1826 Ackermann's Repository fashions I'm a big fan of all things Regency and love to scope out whats on the web regarding this time period. I especially love finding fun bits and pieces that shed more light on how people lived at this time. While puttering around I discovered a very interesting article on the use of chalk on Regency ballroom floors and could not resist sharing it with you. The full article can be found HERE and I have to thank Kathryn Kane of Regency Redingote for sharing this fun bit of insight on ballroom practices at this time. I constantly read in the pages of Regency romances how thin and soft the soles of ladies dancing slippers were and it appears that mens dancing shoes seemed to be a bit slick on a freshly polished wooden floor as well. This being the case it was not uncommon for dancers to "chalk" the bottoms of their shoes to gain a bit of traction to keep from slipping excessively while they danced. In some cases the entire ballroom floor was lightly chalked to ensure the safety of all the dancers. And for extravagant balls artists were hired to chalk beautiful pattens on the ballroom floor that would then be slowly worn away as the dancers enjoyed themselves till dawn. (That must have been an amazing site) What a fun bit of Regency trivia. And now when I look at some of the amazing Regency Ball Dresses I'll think about a beautifully chalked floor to go along with them. Maybe one day I'll even read about a chalked ballroom floor in a romance novel. I might even create a fun Regency scene using some of the Ackermann ladies and the concept of a "chalked" ballroom floor - giggles. Now on to the fashions - Enjoy! Ackermann's Repository 1826 Fashion Plates 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - January Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - January Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - February Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - February Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - March Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - March Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - April Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - April Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - May Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - May Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - June Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 7 - June Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - July Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - July Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - August Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - August Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - September Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - September Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - October Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - October Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - November Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - November Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - December Issue 1826 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 8 - December Issue And for those who can't get enough period information on these dresses, here is the actual Ackermann's fashion article for the two September fashion plates. Fashion descriptions for the the September 1826 fashion plates I 'm a bit sad that the fashion plates for Ackermann's Repository are coming to a quick end - just two more years left to post. However I still have many other great Ackermann's finds to post in the up-coming months. I even have several period ghost stories that they published that will be perfect for the month of October, so please keep checking back in to see all the other fun Regency stuff yet to be shared. ***************** If you missed any of the previous Regency fashion plates here are some quick links to for you. Ackermann's ran series 1 from 1809 - 1815 Series 1 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1809 Series 1 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1810 Series 1 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1811 Series 1 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1812 Series 1 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1813 Series 1 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1814 Series 1 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1815 The Ladies of Ackermann's Regency Fashion (this is a fun digital art piece I did using many of the above ladies) Ackermann's ran series 2 from 1816 - 1822 Series 2 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1816 Series 2 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1817 Series 2 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1818 Series 2 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1819 Series 2 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1820 Series 2 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1821 Series 2 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1822 Regency Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue (this is a fun digital art piece I did using several Ackermann's Repository images from series 2 and one fun lion man from J.J. Grandville, who was another Regency period illustrator.) Ackermann's ran series 3 from 1823 - 1828 Series 3 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1823 Series 3 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1824 Series 3 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1825 Series 3 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1826 - current post Series 3 (1827 & 1828) still to be posted Till our next Regency adventure... Thanks for visiting me here at EKDuncan.blogspot.com If you have enjoyed seeing these images from Ackermann's Repository and would like the opportunity to see and read an original for yourself they are are available on line at www.archive.org Click HERE then choose the volume you are interested in. You can then see and read them online or download them to your computer for future reference. Enjoy!

Well dear hearts - 1828 was the last year for Ackermann's Repository and so this will be the last set of Regency Fashion plates from that British periodical. I'm still enthralled by all the ribbons, lace and fripperies these fashion plates have recorded as their snap-shot of what real Regency fashions were like. It's been a fun treat to share with you all the lovely dresses be they; morning, walking, promenade, evening, ball, wedding, carriage, mourning or fancy dress. I just can't imagine what it was like to change clothes multiple times a day as those who were well off did back then. I truly adore the colored plates I've been privileged to see, especially when considered that each and every one of them was hand colored - that just blows me away. There were thousands of these magazines printed every month and 30+ hand colored prints in every issue. Just think, no two of these colored plates is exactly alike. I've seen several originals available for sale on eBay and will probably buy a few to frame and display since I love them so very much. But most of all I'm thrilled to have a full 20 year set of these in digital form to play with as I create fun art in Photoshop. I hope you have enjoyed seeing these fun fashion plates as much as I have enjoyed sharing them with you. Please remember to check back in as I post other interesting bits and pieces from Ackermann's Repository that you might find as fascinating as I do. My pick of the 1828 Ackermann's Repository Fashion Plates I could not resist choosing this as my pick for the 1828 fashion plates since it depicts a costume that would be worn to a Fancy Dress Ball - how fun is that! (this plate shows a Sclavonian (Prussian) regional costume and would have been perfect for a Regency Fancy Dress Ball that had an ethnic theme). Masquerades and Fancy Dress Balls were an exciting change of pace for those of the Regency but the two should not be confused. A Masquerade would be one where the participants would wear a mask and would be a bit more relaxed and risque than a regular ball or a fancy dress ball. Fancy Dress balls allowed the participants to dress in fun costume but the identity of all would have been known just as if they were attending a regular ball. Some Fancy Dress Balls may have been themed and others just an open call for fancy dress of one's choosing. Either way the participants faces would not have been covered as depicted in this period poem by the Regency dance master - Thomas Wilson Fancy dress balls must as the next appear, And what they really are you now shall hear. Fancy Dress Balls, some people likewise name Characteristic, and think they are the same; (But Characteristic as I just have said, Is meant to signify a Masquerade,) A Fancy Dress Balls that, where every guest Is in appropriate costume strictly dres't; The face to shew the character, and age They paint, as is the custom of the stage; The mask's forbid the countenance to aid, For "Fancy Ball" means not a "Masquerade." -- Thomas Wilson, The Danciad. London, 1824. I hope you enjoy this final set of Ackermann Repository Fashions for 1828 ! Ackermann's Repository 1828 Fashion Plates 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - January Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - January Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - February Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - February Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - March Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - March Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - April Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - April Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - May Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - May Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - June Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 11 - June Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - July Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - July Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - August Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - August Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - September Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - September Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - October Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - October Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - November Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - November Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - December Issue 1828 - Ackermann's Repository Series 3 Vol 12 - December Issue ********************* Please note that the two November dresses are black Mourning costumes and the first December costume is Half-Mourning of lavender and black. This was due to the Death of Royal Princess Charlotte who died in October of 1828. Though married and living in Germany; she was the oldest daughter of the previous British King George III and Queen Charlotte and the sister of the current King George IV. Ackermann's Repository did not publish any notice of this but it would have been why these mourning fashions were being shown. - Just thought you'd like to know too. ********************** Ackermann's Repository printed their notice of final issue in the Dec 1828 issue so the public would know there were to be no more issues from that point forward. However a new publication call the Repository of Fashion was to replace the current Ackermann's Repository going forward according to the notice printed. I thought you might get a kick out of reading that notice as well as the attached information for professional binders to place the plates when converting the individual magazines into book volumes. I have found that in 1829 Ackermann's Repository of Fashion was published but in January of 1830 Mr Ackermann suffered a stroke and due to health issues the Repository of Fashion merged with La Belle Assemblee. Ackermann's Repository of Fashion 1829 can be seen online HERE I hope you have enjoyed another journey into real Regency fashions as we end this final 20th year installment of Ackermann's Repository. Here are the quick and easy links to the previous fashions from 1809 - 1827 Ackermann's ran series 1 from 1809 - 1815 Series 1 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1809 Series 1 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1810 Series 1 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1811 Series 1 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1812 Series 1 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1813 Series 1 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1814 Series 1 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1815 The Ladies of Ackermann's Regency Fashion (this is a fun digital art piece I did using many of the above ladies) Ackermann's ran series 2 from 1816 - 1822 Series 2 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1816 Series 2 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1817 Series 2 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1818 Series 2 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1819 Series 2 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1820 Series 2 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1821 Series 2 - Vol 13 & 14 - 1822 Regency Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue (this is a fun digital art piece I did using several Ackermann's Repository images from series 2 and one fun lion man from J.J. Grandville, who was another Regency period illustrator.) Ackermann's ran series 3 from 1823 - 1828 Series 3 - Vol 1 & 2 - 1823 Series 3 - Vol 3 & 4 - 1824 Series 3 - Vol 5 & 6 - 1825 Series 3 - Vol 7 & 8 - 1826 Series 3 - Vol 9 & 10 - 1827 Series 3 - Vol 11 & 12 - 1828 (current posting) Ghost Ladies of the Regency (A whimsical piece of artwork I created using several Ackermann's Repository images.) Thanks for following along with my Ackermann's Repository Regency Fashion Series and please remember to check back for all the other fun non-fashion items from Ackermann's Ill be posting in the near future. Thanks for visiting me here at EKDuncan.blogspot.com If you have enjoyed seeing these images from Ackermann's Repository and would like the opportunity to see and read an original for yourself they are are available on line at www.archive.org Click HERE then choose the volume you are interested in. You can then see and read them online or download them to your computer for future reference. Enjoy!

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