Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage , 1799
- Title(s):
Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriage : on a half inch scale to a foot.
- Additional Title(s):
Nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriages, on a half inch scale to a foot
- Published/Created:
- London ; Published January 1st 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101, Strand, and at J. G. Beygang's, Leipzig, 1799.
[Leipzig] : Published January 1st 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101, Strand, and at J. G. Beygang's, Leipzig, 1799. - Physical Description:
- [2] p., 9 leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 34 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2009 3 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3087394
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- In Germany, Ackermann had been trained as a coach-builder. Coming to England as a young man, he spent almost ten years furnishing designs to the principal coach-builders in London.
Ackermann issued a series of 13 books on carriages from 1791 to 1820. See: Ford.
Cover title, on publisher's printed label.
Ford, J. Ackermann, p. 220
BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 bound in red quarter leather and green cloth, with printed title label on front cover: Nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriages, on a half inch scale to a foot. Contains a 10th plate, not called for in the contents, dated 1793 and signed "J. Hattchet, Invt."
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 lacks the letterpress contents leaf. Bound in original gray paper wrappers with publisher's printed title label on front cover: Fifth book containing nine imitations of drawings of fashionable carriages, on a half inch scale to a foot.
Aquatint engravings of contemporary carriages. - Subject Terms:
- Ackermann, Rudolph -- Publisher.Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Catalogs -- Early works to 1800.Carriages and carts -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.Transportation -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1799.
- Export:
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- 1. A Compass Perch Coach
- 2. A Crane-Neck Coach
- 3. A Compass Perch Chariot
- 4. A Crane-Neck Chariot
- 5. A Very Stilish Post Chaise
- 6. A New Fashioned Crane-Neck Phaeton
- 7. A Half Pannelled Curricle
- 8. A Single Horse Chaise
- 9. A Travelling Curricle.
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