1816 dress

Fashion Plate, 'Evening Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, June 1, 1816, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

"A gown of pale faun-colour cloth, made a walking length, and trimmed round the bottom with four rows of rich blue silk trimming. The body, which is cut very low, is ornamented in such a manner as to have a novel appearance ..."

Fashion Plate, 'Evening Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, November 1, 1816, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Fashion Plate, 'Walking Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, February 1, 1816, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

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Ackermann's Repository was a popular British publication of the Regency period and its monthly issues were in distribution from January 1809 till its final issue on December 1828. Fortunately for us, Ackermann's Repository was published by a printing house that specialized in producing bound volumes intended for reference and private libraries. Had this just been a fashion magazine, I believe many of the amazing plates would have vanished over time; however since this publication was a…