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Ackermann's Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions and Politics

published by Ackermann, London, 1809-1810

Original 210+-year-old, hand-coloured engravings

Sheet size: approximately 5.5 x 9 inches
(Please click on the thumbnails for a better look at each print, as some foxing or other age-related conditions may be present on these 200-year-old prints.)



Carlton House
Carlton House

(Pl. 27, June 1, 1809)

Somerset House and the New Church; Strand, taken from the Morning Post Office
Somerset House and the New Church; Strand, taken from the Morning Post Office

(Pl. 2, Vol.2, July 1809)

$45

Messrs. Morgan & Sanders, Catherine St., Strand
Messrs. Morgan & Sanders,
Catherine St., Strand


(Pl. 10, Vol.2, Aug. 1809)

(browning, faint image offsetting)

Bank of England
Bank of England
from Cateaton Street


(Pl. 16, Vol.2, Sept 1809)

$45
(faint text offsetting)

Theatre Royal Covent Garden from Bow Street
Theatre Royal Covent Garden
from Bow Street


(Pl. 22, Vol.2, Oct 1809)

(faint text offsetting)

South View of Bank
South View of Bank

(Pl. 29, Vol.2, Nov 1809)

$45

Patent Chariot
Patent Chariot

(Pl. 32, Vol.2, Nov 1809)

Michael's Palace & the Imperial Palace, Vienna
Michael's Place & the Imperial Palace, Vienna

(Pl. 9, Vol. 4, Aug 1810)

$40
(age toning, light text offsetting)

View of Cornhill, Lombard Street & Mansion House
View of Cornhill, Lombard Street & Mansion House

(Pl. 10, Vol. 4, Sept 1810)

$40
(age toning, light text offsetting)

Straits of Messina
Straits of Messina

(Pl. 34, Vol. 4, Dec 1810)

$45
(age toning, light text offsetting)


Ironmonger Hall

(Pl. 15, Vol. 4, March 1811)

$35
(age toning, light text offsetting)

Nelson's Monument, Edinburgh
Nelson's Monument, on Calton Hill, Edinburgh

(Pl. 21, Vol. 5, April 1811)

Lansdowne House, Berkley Square
Lansdowne House, Berkley Square

(Pl. 28, Vol. 5, May 1811)

$40
(age toning, light text offsetting)

Kings College from Clare Hall Piece
Kings College
from Clare Hall Piece


$65

Note: the above print is not from the same volume as the others on this page. It is from a similar (unindentified)
circa 1830s publication.

Sheet size: approx. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Hand-coloured engraving by J. LeKeux after a drawing by F. Mackenzie.

Corpus Christi College
Corpus Christi College

$50

Note: the above print is not from the same volume as the others on this page. It is from a similar (unindentified)
circa 1830s publication.

Sheet size: approx. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches

Hand-coloured engraving by J. LeKeux after a drawing by F. Mackenzie.

Architecture and Design prints