↓
 

Suzi Love

Making history fun, one year at a time.

Header_
  • Home
  • Cart
  • Checkout
  • Checkout
    • Confirmation
    • Order History
    • Receipt
    • Transaction Failed
  • My account
  • Newsletter
  • Pre order form
  • Shop
  • Blog
  • BOOKS
    • Irresistible Aristocrats
    • History Notes
    • Scandalous Siblings
    • Love After Waterloo
    • Regency Life Series
  • Privacy Policy
  • EVENTS
Home » music 1 2 3 >>

Tag Archives: music

Post navigation

← Previous Post

What Did An Older Lady Do In Bridgerton or Jane Austen Times, or early 1800s. #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #JaneAusten #BritishHistory

Suzi Love Posted on June 9, 2025 by Suzi LoveJune 8, 2025

What did an older lady do in the Bridgerton family’s and Jane Austen’s times, or the early 1800s. An easy to read overview of what an older lady did, wore, and how she lived in the early 19th Century. Information for history buffs and pictures for readers and writers of historical fiction. Older Lady’s Day, Regency Life Series, Book 5, by Suzi Love.  books2read.com/suziloveOLD

Through historic images, historical information, and funny anecdotes, it shows how an older lady in Jane Austen’s times fills her day, where she goes, and with whom she spends her time. This light-hearted look at the longer Regency years is an easy to read overview of what people did and wore, and where they worked and played. There is plenty of information to interest history buffs, and lots of pictures to help readers and writers of historical fiction visualize the people and places from the last years of the 18th Century until Queen Victoria took the throne.

What did an older lady do and wear in #RegencyEra? Information & pictures for readers and writers of #History #nonfiction #Regency books2read.com/suziloveOLD
What Did An Older Lady Do In Bridgerton and Jane Austen Times, or early 1800s. #RegencyEra #Bridgerton #JaneAusten #BritishHistory http://books2read.com/suziloveOLD Share on X
RL_5_OLD_D2D_RetailerBuyLink_RL_5 books2read.com/suziloveOLD
RL_5_OLD_D2D_RetailerBuyLink_RL_5_2
Posted in 1800s women's fashion, art, Australia, bedroom fashion, Canada, cartoon, Children, children, Coat or Pelisse Or Redingote, Corset, Customs & Manners, Decorative Item, Dress Or Robe, England, Europe, fashion accessories, Food and Drink, France, Google Books, hats, household, medical, Music, Pastimes, peerage, Quotations, Regency Era, Regency Fashion, Regency Life Series, Reticule or Bag, sewing, shoes, Spencer, Suzi Love Books, Suzi Love Images, U.S.A, underclothing | Tagged 1800s women's fashion, art, Book 5, Bridgerton, Cartoons, Corset, Dress Or Gown, fashion accessories, Fashion Plate, gloves, Hats And Hair, household, Jane Austen, medical, mourning, music, postal, Redingote Or Pelisse Or Coat, Regency Fashion, Regency Life Series, Regency London, Regency Women, reticule or bag, riding, sewing, shawls, Shoes, Suzi Love Books, underclothing

Light-hearted look at the often frivolous days in the life of a young lady in Bridgerton and Jane Austen  years, or the early 1800s, or Regency Era. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #nonfiction #amwriting  

Suzi Love Posted on April 25, 2025 by Suzi LoveApril 25, 2025

An early 1800’s glimpse into both the frivolous and more serious occupations filling a young lady’s day in the lifetime of Jane Austen, or the Regency Era. Historic images and historical information show her fashions and frolics. Shows the often-frivolous life and fashions of a young lady in the early 1800’s, plus a glimpse into the more serious occupations a young lady may undertake. Through historic images, historical information, and funny anecdotes, it shows how a young lady fills her day. Young Lady’s Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love.
https://books2read.com/suziloveYLD

RL_4_YLD_Young Lady's Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. A light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read view of what a young lady did, wore, and lived. #Regency
RL_4_YLD_Young Lady’s Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. A light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read view of what a young lady did, wore, and lived. books2read.com:suziloveYLD
Light-hearted look at the often frivolous days in the life of a young lady in Bridgerton and Jane Austen  years, or the early 1800s, or Regency Era. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #nonfiction #amwriting   books2read.com/suziloveYLD Share on X
D2D_RL_4_YLD_Young Lady's Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. A light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read view of what a young lady did, wore, and lived. https://books2read.com/suziloveYLD

Posted in 1800s, 1800s women's fashion, art, Australia, bedroom fashion, Canada, Coat or Pelisse Or Redingote, Corset, Customs & Manners, dancing, Dress Or Robe, England, Europe, fashion accessories, Google Books, hats, History, Jane Austen, Music, Pastimes, Regency Era, Regency Fashion, Regency Life Series, Reticule or Bag, riding, sewing, shoes, Spencer, Suzi Love Books, Suzi Love Images, U.S.A, underclothing | Tagged 1800s women's fashion, Book 4, Bridgerton, Cartoons, Dress Or Gown, fashion accessories, Fashion Plate, gloves, Hats And Hair, Jane Austen, music, peerage, Regency Fashion, Regency Life Series, Regency London, Regency Women, reticule or bag, Shoes, Suzi Love Books

Auld Lang Syne Traditionally Sung To Farewell the Old Year. #NewYear. #2025 #Scotland #BritishHistory

Suzi Love Posted on December 31, 2024 by Suzi LoveDecember 30, 2024

Auld Lang Syne is traditionally sung to farewell the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve. It’s a poem written by Robert Burns in 1788 in Scotland, but based on an older Scottish folk song. In 1799, it was set to the traditional tune.

The song begins by posing a rhetorical question: Is it right that old times be forgotten? The answer is generally interpreted as a call to remember long-standing friendships.[9] Alternatively, “Should” may be understood to mean “if” (expressing the conditional mood) referring to a possible event or situation.

George Thomson‘s Select Songs of Scotland was published in 1799 in which the second verse about greeting and toasting was moved to its present position at the end.[9]

Most common usage of the song involves only the first verse and the chorus. The last lines of both of these are often sung with the extra words “For the sake of” or “And days of”, rather than Burns’s simpler lines. This makes these lines strictly syllabic, with just one note per syllable.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?


(Chorus)
For auld lang syne, my jo,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.


And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp!
And surely I’ll be mine!
And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.


We twa hae run about the braes
And pu’d the gowans fine;
But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot
Sin auld lang syne.


We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn,
Frae mornin’ sun till dine;
But seas between us braid hae roar’d
Sin auld lang syne.


And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!
And gie’s a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll tak a right guid willy waught,
For auld lang syne.

English version

Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And old lang syne?


(Chorus)
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.


And surely you’ll buy your pint cup!
And surely I’ll buy mine!
And we’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet,
For auld lang syne.


We two have run about the slopes,
And picked the daisies fine;
But we’ve wandered many a weary foot,
Since auld lang syne.


We two have paddled in the stream,
From morning sun till dine;
But seas between us broad have roared
Since auld lang syne.


And there’s a hand my trusty friend!
And give me a hand o’ thine!
And we’ll take a right good-will draught,
For auld lang syne.

Robert Burns
Robert Burns Robert Burns, engraving from A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, 1870.

Xmas_NewYear_AuldLangSyne_Sml
Auld Lang Syne Traditionally Sung To Farewell the Old Year. #NewYear. #2025 #Scotland #BritishHistory books2read.com/suziloveHOCP Share on X

Posted in Christmas, Georgian Era, History Of Christmases Past, Music, Regency Era, Suzi Love Images | Tagged British history, Christmas, Customs and Traditions, music, New Year, Scotland

Good King Wenceslas: Christmas carol about a King braving winter weather to give alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. #Christmas #ChristmasCarol #Music

Suzi Love Posted on December 21, 2024 by Suzi LoveDecember 17, 2024

In 1853, English hymn writer John Mason Neale wrote the “Wenceslas” lyric, in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore, and the carol first appeared in Carols for Christmas-Tide, published by Novello & Co.

Good King Wenceslas is a popular Christmas carol that tells a story of a King braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. His page nearly gave up the struggle against the cold weather but continued by following the king’s footprints through the deep snow. The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935).

In 1853, English hymn writer John Mason Neale wrote the “Wenceslas” lyric, in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore, and the carol first appeared in Carols for Christmas-Tide, published by Novello & Co.

Good King Wenceslas: Christmas carol about a King braving winter weather to give alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. #Christmas #ChristmasCarol #Music https://books2read.com/suziloveHOCP Share on X
Posted in Christmas, Customs & Manners, England, Europe, History, Music, Pastimes | Tagged Christmas, History, History Of Christmases Past, music

Christmas: Good King Wenceslas: Christmas carol about a King braving winter weather to give alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. #Christmas #Music #Carols

Suzi Love Posted on December 18, 2024 by Suzi LoveDecember 17, 2024

In 1853, English hymn writer John Mason Neale wrote the “Wenceslas” lyric, in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore, and the carol first appeared in Carols for Christmas-Tide, published by Novello & Co.

Good King Wenceslas is a popular Christmas carol that tells a story of a King braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. His page nearly gave up the struggle against the cold weather but continued by following the king’s footprints through the deep snow. The legend is based on the life of the historical Saint Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (907-935).

In 1853, English hymn writer John Mason Neale wrote the “Wenceslas” lyric, in collaboration with his music editor Thomas Helmore, and the carol first appeared in Carols for Christmas-Tide, published by Novello & Co.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is carol_GoodKingWenceslas-is-a-popular-Christmas-carol-that-tells-a-story_sml.jpg
Christmas: Good King Wenceslas: Christmas carol about a King braving winter weather to give alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen on December 26th. #Christmas #Music #Carols books2read.com/suziloveHOCP Share on X
Posted in Christmas, Music | Tagged Christmas, europe, History Of Christmases Past, music | Leave a reply

Christmas: Carols and Composers History #Christmas #holidays #Traditions #Customs

Suzi Love Posted on December 16, 2024 by Suzi LoveDecember 16, 2024

Christmas Carols

The word ‘carol’ comes from the old French ‘carole’ for a song written and played as a courtly dancing song. Carols then took on a more popular form, telling stories and celebrating religious themes for all seasons until the late 19th century when they became associated with Christmas.

Carols took the place of Psalms in all churches on Christmas Day and, as the whole congregation could join in, were greeted with huge approval. Carols were passed on orally from place to place, often with different words or tunes. The published carols included songs still popular today, including The First Noël, I Saw Three Ships, and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. This collection was followed by compilations of carols from other scholars such as William Sandy’s works  in 1833 and 1852.

Xmas_Christmas Carol
Christmas: Carols and Composers History #Christmas #holidays #RegencyEra #Customs #Music https://books2read.com/suziloveHOCP Share on X
Posted in 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, Christmas, Customs & Manners, England, Europe, Music, Pastimes | Tagged British history, Christmas, Customs and Traditions, europe, History Of Christmases Past, music, Suzi Love Images, Suzi Love Research

Christmas: 1803 December The Bellman #Christmas #holidays #RegencyEra #Customs

Suzi Love Posted on December 12, 2024 by Suzi LoveDecember 11, 2024

Christmas Bells.

“Bells are musics laughter.” By Thomas Hood (1799-1845), British poet and humorist.

Xmas_Bell_ChristmasBell_

Bells hold a  long time association with Christmas. In Victorian times, carol singers used small handbells to play the tune of the carol. Sometimes there were bells without singing – Church bells are rung after sunset to signal the start of the Christmas Eve service, the first of Christmas. In England, the bellman goes round at midnight ringing his bell, and rattling off a stanza or two, for the gratuity which he confidently anticipates; while watchmen, firemen, rate-collectors, postmen, chimney-sweeps, street scavengers, the errand-boys of your baker, butcher, poultry merchant, and green-grocer, even to the hired singers in the churches all expect their Christmas-box. In Victorian times, carol singers used small hand bells to play the tune of the carol and sometimes there were bells without singing. Church bells are rung after sunset to signal the start of the Christmas Eve service, the first of Christmas.

The Bellman

The Bellman stands full face, shouting with wide-open mouth and ringing his hand-bell.

In his left hand he holds out his verses headed by a little figure of Napoleon wearing a huge tricorne and holding a gigantic sword:

 ‘This little Boney-says he’ll come At merry Christmas time,

But that I say is all a hum Or I no more will rhyme

Some say in Wooden house he’ll glide, Some say in air Balloon,

E’en those who airy schemes deride. Agree his coming soon.

Now honest people list to me, Though Income is but small, I’ll bet my Wig, to one Penney, He does not come at all.’ Hand-colored etching and aquatint.

Via British Museum

Xmas_1803_December_TheBellmanHoldingverseaboutNapoleon_BritishMuseum_Sml
1803 December The Bellman #Christmas #holidays #RegencyEra #Customs books2read.com/suziloveHOCP Share on X
Posted in 1700s, 1800s, Christmas, Customs & Manners, England, Europe, History Of Christmases Past, Music, Suzi Love Books, Suzi Love Images | Tagged Book 1, Christmas, Customs and Traditions, europe, History Of Christmases Past, music, Suzi Love Books
guitar_1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.

1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva. #Music #Guitar #Portugal #GeorgianEra

Suzi Love Posted on September 12, 2024 by Suzi LoveAugust 28, 2024

1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva. Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling or bordering, brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.  History Notes Book 6 Music General https://www.suzilove.com/wp-admin/books2read.com/suziloveMusicGeneral \

1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon, Portugal. Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva Pine back, sides and soundboards, with pine and wood purfling (bordering); brass openwork rose, framed with mother-of-pearl. The English guitar was a fashionable instrument from about 1750, considered easy to play and tuned in C major, although the player would use a capo, much like a modern folk-guitarist, in order to change the key. The tuning pegs were often small metallic pins that could be turned with a watch-key, to keep the strings in tune longer. This instrument was made in Portugal, a country with strong trading links with England, and its peg box is decorated with a paper ‘cameo’ in imitation of a jasper ware medallion, a motif made popular by Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795) from about 1770. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, U.K.
1780 ca. English Guitar, Lisbon Made by Jaco Vieira da Silva. #Music #Guitar #Portugal #GeorgianEra. https://www.books2read.com/suziloveMusicGeneral Share on X
HN_6_D2D_Music General_ books2read.com/suziloveMusicGeneral

Posted in 1700s, Decorative Item, Europe, Georgian Era, History, Music, Pastimes, Suzi Love Images | Tagged 1700s Or Georgian Era, europe, Georgian era, guitar, music, Victoria and Albert Museum | Leave a reply

What Sort Of Pianoforte Or Piano Was Played By the Bridgertons and Jane Austen? #Bridgerton #Music #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #GeorgianEra

Suzi Love Posted on September 2, 2024 by Suzi LoveSeptember 1, 2024

What Sort Of Pianoforte or Piano Was Played By Jane Austen and Contemporaries? Pianos, pianofortes and more. History Notes Book 7 Music Pianos books2read.com/suziloveMusicPiano

Definition Pianoforte or Piano: ‘Stringed keyboard instrument with a hammer action, as opposed to the jack and quill action of the harpsichord.  Capable of gradations of soft and loud, the piano became the central instrument of music pedagogy and amateur study. By the end of the nineteenth century, no middle-class household of any stature in Europe or North America was without one.’  Definition via the Metropolitan Museum, NYC.

Around 1700, the Pianoforte, or Piano,  was invented in Italy by Bartolomeo Cristofori, who created a hammer action keyboard instrument on which a musician could make changes in loudness by changing the force with which the keys were struck. He called his instrument “gravicembalo col piano e forte”, or,  (harpsichord with soft and loud). Cristofori’s  long name was later shortened to fortepiano or pianoforte, and finally just piano.

Musical Instruments were so important in most of the more affluent households in history that large industries grew all around the world to manufacture instruments, musical accessories, and to print sheet music.  Pianos, pianofortes, harpsichords, and organs were found everywhere and were often the focus of a family gathering. By the end of the 18th Century, the pianoforte, or piano, was the leading instrument of Western music.

What sort of pianos did Jane Austen and the Bridgerton family play? Pianos, pianofortes etc in 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. Music Piano. History Notes Book 7 By Suzi Love. Pianos, pianofortes, harpsichord, organs in 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries, as used by Jane Austen and her family.  books2read.com/suziloveMusicPiano
HN_7_Music Piano. History Notes Book 7 By Suzi Love. Pianos, pianofortes, harpsichord, organs in 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. #music #history #nonfiction books2read.com_suziloveMusicPiano
What sort of pianos did Jane Austen and the Bridgerton family play? Pianos, pianofortes etc in 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries. #Bridgerton #music #JaneAusten #RegencyEra books2read.com/suziloveMusicPiano Share on X
D2D_RetailerBuyLink_HN_7 Piano
D2D_RetailerBuyLink_HN_7 Piano books2read.com/suziloveMusicPiano
Posted in 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, art, Australia, Bridgerton, Canada, Edwardian Era, England, Europe, furniture, Georgian Era, History Notes, household, Jane Austen, Music, Regency Era, Romantic Era, Suzi Love Books, Suzi Love Images, U.S.A, Victorian Era | Tagged 1700s Or Georgian Era, 1800s Or 19th Century, Book 7, Bridgerton, Georgian era, History Notes, Jane Austen, music, piano, Regency Era, Suzi Love Books, Victorian Era | Leave a reply

1809-1829 Magazine for the Bridgertons and Jane Austen: Rudolph Ackermann and ‘The Repository of Arts’, The Strand, London. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #London #History

Suzi Love Posted on August 28, 2024 by Suzi LoveAugust 24, 2024

A portrait from 1810-1814 of Rudolph Ackermann, shop owner and founder of ‘The Repository Of Arts’ magazine, The Strand, London. via National Portrait Gallery, London. Plus, an image of Ackermann’s premises in 1809. His ‘Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashion, Manufactures, etc.’ was published from 1809 to 1829 with images of Regency London, Regency furnishings and grand homes as well as beautiful fashion prints and descriptions every month. Ackermann originally supplied artists, amateur and professional, with supplies for watercolor painting. In 1799, he began manufacturing and selling his own watercolor paint blocks which were supplied by other colourmen, although at least three colors were his own mixture – Ackermann’s Green, White and Yellow. From 1817, his eldest son Rudolph Ackermann junior was responsible for the watercolor manufacturing. Ackermann also trained as a carriage designer. He began publishing prints and colour-plate books like ‘The Microcosm of London’ and ‘Doctor Syntax’ in the early 1800s.

The Repository of Arts was one the most popular magazines in Jane Austen’s time as it displayed everything ladies wanted to learn e.g. history, important country seats and houses in England, music, current events such as theatre plays, plus fashion plates and embroidery patterns. Ackermann’s shop in The Strand, London, was one of the fashionable places to shop during the Regency Era. The Repository also included poetry, travel reports, society reports and upcoming lectures. It also included serious subjects e.g. politics, legal matters, medicine and agriculture, a meteorological journal and details of the London markets. In 1817, the price of the magazine was 4 Shillings, so quite expensive for the time.

 In the first issue, published for January 1809, Ackermann included an ‘introduction to the history of the useful and polite arts’ which said: “It is universally admitted, that to cultivate a taste for the arts, and an acquaintance with the sciences, is a pleasure of the most refined nature; but to do this without regard to its influence upon the passions and affections, is to ‘tear a tree for its blossoms, which is capable of yielding the richest and most valuable fruit.’ The cultivation of this taste may and ought to be subservient to higher and more important purposes: it should dignify and exalt our affections, and elevate them to the admiration and love of that Being who is the author of every thing that is fair, sublime, and good in nature.”

1810-1814 Portrait of Rudolph Ackermann, shop owner and founder of The Repository Of Arts magazine. via National Portrait Gallery, London.
1810-1814 Portrait of Rudolph Ackermann, shop owner and founder of The Repository Of Arts magazine. via National Portrait Gallery, London.
1809 January Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, U.K. Drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson. Published By Rudolph Ackermann. Etching and aquatint with hand coloring.
1809 January Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London, U.K. Drawn by Augustus Pugin and Thomas Rowlandson. Published By Rudolph Ackermann. Etching and aquatint with hand coloring.
1809-1829 Magazine for the Bridgertons and Jane Austen: Rudolph Ackermann and 'The Repository of Arts', The Strand, London. #JaneAusten #Bridgerton #RegencyEra #London #Historyhttps://books2read.com/suziloveYLD Share on X
D2D_RL_4_YLD_Young Lady's Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. A light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read view of what a young lady did, wore, and lived. https://books2read.com/suziloveYLD

D2D_RL_4_YLD_Young Lady's Day Regency Life Series Book 4 by Suzi Love. A light-hearted look at the longer Regency years and an easy to read view of what a young lady did, wore, and lived. https://books2read.com/suziloveYLD
Posted in 1800s, 1800s women's fashion, art, Bridgerton, Coat or Pelisse Or Redingote, Decorative Item, Dress Or Robe, England, fashion accessories, furniture, Google Books, hats, History, household, Jane Austen, London, mourning, Music, Pastimes, Regency Era, Regency Fashion, Reticule or Bag, sewing, shoes, Spencer, Suzi Love Images, travel, weddings | Tagged 1800s women's fashion, art, Dress Or Gown, fashion accessories, Fashion Plate, gloves, Hats And Hair, Jane Austen, London, magazines, music, pastimes, Regency Fashion, Regency Life, Regency London, Regency Women, Rudolph Ackermann, Shoes, shopping, The Repository Of Arts

Post navigation

← Previous Post

SUBSCRIBE TO SUZI LOVE'S NEWSLETTER.

Recent Posts

  • 1850–1859 ca. Pale Green Silk and Steel Corset, French. #VictorianFashion #Corset #HistoricalFashion
  • 1820 Hand Colored Etching Of Fashionable Regency Dandies, British. #RegencyEra #RegencyFashion #Cartoon
  • 1908 Silk and Rubber Corset, Front Fastenings and Suspenders and Back Lacing, French. #Edwardian #Corset #HistoricalFashion #France
  • 1800 March Two London Full Dresses With Trains In Jane Austen style. #JaneAusten #RegencyFashion #HistoricalFashion
  • Love the Bridgertons and Jane Austen? Mourning, riding, dresses, underclothing, accessories. History Notes Book 24 Box Set. #JaneAusten #Regency #HistoricalFashion

Recent Comments

  1. Suzi Love on Sunday Snippet: Lady Armstrong scrabbled for an excuse for being at a scandalous ball. #RegencyRomance #HistRom #EroticRomance #ReadARegency
  2. J. Arlene on Sunday Snippet: Lady Armstrong scrabbled for an excuse for being at a scandalous ball. #RegencyRomance #HistRom #EroticRomance #ReadARegency
  3. Suzi Love on Book Hooks: Lady Laura Jamison hadn’t needed any announcements to know a bullet had been fired. #HistoricalMystery #RomCom #VictorianRomance #RegencyRomance
  4. Suzi Love on Book Hooks: Lady Laura Jamison hadn’t needed any announcements to know a bullet had been fired. #HistoricalMystery #RomCom #VictorianRomance #RegencyRomance
  5. Suzi Love on Book Hooks: Lady Laura Jamison hadn’t needed any announcements to know a bullet had been fired. #HistoricalMystery #RomCom #VictorianRomance #RegencyRomance

Login

  • Log in

Archives

  • July 2025
  • June 2025
  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • February 2025
  • January 2025
  • December 2024
  • November 2024
  • October 2024
  • September 2024
  • August 2024
  • July 2024
  • June 2024
  • May 2024
  • April 2024
  • March 2024
  • February 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • November 2023
  • October 2023
  • September 2023
  • August 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • June 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022

Categories

  • 1700s
  • 1700s Mens fashion
  • 1700s Womens Fashion
  • 1800s
  • 1800s Mens Fashions
  • 1800s women's fashion
  • 1900s
  • art
  • Australia
  • Bath
  • bedroom fashion
  • Book Hooks
  • Box Or Container
  • Bridgerton
  • Bus Trips
  • Canada
  • Carriage
  • cartoon
  • Chatelaine
  • Children
  • children
  • Christmas
  • Coat or Pelisse Or Redingote
  • Contemporary
  • Corset
  • Couple
  • Customs & Manners
  • dancing
  • December Scandal
  • Decorative Item
  • Dress Or Robe
  • Easter
  • Edwardian Era
  • Embracing Scandal
  • England
  • Europe
  • Events
  • Fashion
  • fashion accessories
  • Food and Drink
  • Four Times A Virgin
  • France
  • furniture
  • Georgian Era
  • Georgian Fashion
  • Google Books
  • Grand Tour
  • hats
  • History
  • History Notes
  • History Of Christmases Past
  • household
  • Irresistible Aristocrats
  • Jane Austen
  • Keanu Reeves
  • Legal
  • London
  • Love After Waterloo
  • Loving Lady Katharine
  • medical
  • military
  • money
  • mourning
  • Music
  • pants
  • Pastimes
  • peerage
  • People
  • Places
  • Pleasure House Ball
  • postal
  • Queensland
  • Quotations
  • Regency Era
  • Regency Fashion
  • Regency Life Series
  • Reticule or Bag
  • riding
  • Romantic Era
  • Royalty
  • Russia
  • Scandalous Siblings Series
  • Scenting Scandal
  • Self Publishing
  • sewing
  • shoes
  • South Pacific
  • Spencer
  • sports
  • Suit
  • Sunday Snippet
  • Suzi Love
  • Suzi Love Books
  • Suzi Love Images
  • Suzi Love Writing
  • Swain Cove
  • THe Viscount's Pleasure House
  • travel
  • U.S.A
  • underclothing
  • Vest or Waistcoat
  • Victorian Era
  • weapons
  • weddings
  • Writing Tools

1800s men fashion 1800s women's fashion antiques Bridgerton British history Cartoons Corset cravat Dress Or Gown England europe fashion accessories Fashion Plate France Georgian era Georgian Fashion gloves google books Hats And Hair historical romance History Notes household Jane Austen jewelry Journal des Dames et des Modes La Belle Assemblee London Metropolitan Museum NYC pants Redingote Or Pelisse Or Coat Regency Era Regency Fashion Regency London reticule or bag riding Romantic Era sewing shawls Shoes Suzi Love Books Suzi Love Images Tailcoat The Repository Of Arts underclothing Vest or Waistcoat

©2025 - Suzi Love - Weaver Xtreme Theme Privacy Policy
↑