How to find Ackermann's Repository of Arts online

Front cover of Ackermann's Repository
Volume 5 (1811)

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics was a monthly periodical that was published from 1809 to 1828. You can read more about Ackermann’s Repository of Arts here.

There are copies of Ackermann's Repository available online, but it is not always easy to find them. Here is my list of links:

Jan - Jun 1809 - Series 1 Volume 1
Jul - Dec 1809 - Series 1 Volume 2
Jan - Jun 1810 - Series 1 Volume 3
Jul - Dec 1810 - Series 1 Volume 4
Jan - Jun 1811 - Series 1 Volume 5
Jul - Dec 1811 - Series 1 Volume 6
Jan - Jun 1812 - Series 1 Volume 7
Jul - Dec 1812 - Series 1 Volume 8
Jan - Jun 1813 - Series 1 Volume 9
Jul - Dec 1813 - Series 1 Volume 10 or Jul - Dec 1813 - Series 1 Volume 10
Jan - Jun 1814 - Series 1 Volume 11 or Jan - Jun 1814 - Series 1 Volume 11
Jul - Dec 1814 - Series 1 Volume 12
Jan - Jun 1815 - Series 1 Volume 13 or Jan - Jun 1815 - Series 1 Volume 13
Jul - Dec 1815 - Series 1 Volume 14
Jan - Jun 1816 - Series 2 Volume 1
Jul - Dec 1816 - Series 2 Volume 2 or Jul - Dec 1816 - Series 2 Volume 2
Jan - Jun 1817 - Series 2 Volume 3
Jul - Dec 1817 - Series 2 Volume 4
Jan - Jun 1818 - Series 2 Volume 5
Jul - Dec 1818 - Series 2 Volume 6
Jan - Jun 1819 - Series 2 Volume 7
Jul - Dec 1819 - Series 2 Volume 8
Jan - Jun 1820 - Series 2 Volume 9
Jul - Dec 1820 - Series 2 Volume 10
Jan - Jun 1821 - Series 2 Volume 11
Jul - Dec 1821- Series 2 Volume 12
Jan - Jun 1822 - Series 2 Volume 13
Jul - Dec 1822 - Series 2 Volume 14
Jan - Jun 1823 - Series 3 Volume 1
Jul - Dec 1823 - Series 3 Volume 2
Jan - Jun 1824 - Series 3 Volume 3
Jul - Dec 1824- Series 3 Volume 4
Jan - Jun 1825 - Series 3 Volume 5
Jul - Dec 1825 - Series 3 Volume 6
Jan - Jun 1826 - Series 3 Volume 7
Jul - Dec 1826 - Series 3 Volume 8
Jan - Jun 1827 - Series 3 Volume 9
Jul - Dec 1827 - Series 3 Volume 10
Jan - Jun 1828 - Series 3 Volume 11
Jul - Dec 1828- Series 3 Volume 12

Review of my year 2014

Rachel at the Jane Austen Festival
Grand Regency Promenade in September 2014

Join me as I review my year – the exhibitions and places I have visited and the things I have blogged about – together with my favourite post each month. If you want to ensure you don’t miss any of my posts in 2015 and are the first to hear my news each month, please sign up to my monthly newsletter here.

January

The year started with some of the worst storms I can remember. The road across from where I live in Weymouth in Dorset to the nearby Isle of Portland was shut and Chesil Beach was reshaped by the ferocious waves. It prompted me to write about the Great Storm of 1824 which caused even greater damage, washing away Weymouth promenade.

My favourite January post: The Great Gale in Weymouth and Portland

Stone commemorating the Great Gale of 1824
on Weymouth seafront

February

In February, the rain kept on falling and parts of Weymouth were flooded. I gave my first blogging workshop and wrote about the bluestockings.

My favourite February post: The bluestocking circle

March

Whilst in Yorkshire for a family funeral, I was able to visit Nostell Priory and admire the work of architect Robert Adam and furniture made by Thomas Chippendale. I visited the Georgians Revealed exhibition at the British Library and braved the cold to look round Georgian Leamington Spa.
 
My favourite March post: Regency History’s guide to Nostell Priory

The Royal Pump Room, Leamington Spa

April

I was invited to a bloggers’ event at the Queen’s Gallery in April and had the privilege of previewing the First Georgians exhibition. I researched the life of actress Mary Robinson who became the mistress of the future George IV and blogged about her.

My favourite April post: Mary ‘Perdita’ Robinson

David and Eva Garrick by Hogarth
on poster advertising The First Georgians exhibition

May

I visited the Georgian fayre at Blandford, which was nice, but not very Georgian, and the wonders of Stourhead.

My favourite May post: Regency History’s guide to Stourhead

Stone bridge, Stourhead

June

My youngest daughter turned 18 in June and I celebrated my birthday with a visit to Arlington Court in Devon to visit the National Trust Carriage Museum. I blogged about The Sylph by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and was fascinated by what her novel can tell us about her.

My favourite June post: What can The Sylph tell us about its author?

July

We had a short break in Plymouth in Devon in July and visited Saltram, Mount Edgcumbe and Cotehele. I also attended a bloggers’ event at Buckingham Palace with a special tour of the state apartments and a preview of the summer exhibition.

My favourite July post: Mary Robinson – more than Perdita

Home-made wooden dolls that belonged to the young
Queen Victoria at the Royal Childhood exhibition
at Buckingham Palace

August

As well as plenty of visits to the Sealife Centre with my grandchildren, I also found time to visit a number of historical places: Haddon Hall, Osterley Park, Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood (which the grandchildren loved), Kedleston Hall and Uppark.

Favourite August post: Georgian architecture (the first post on my site by my husband)

September

It was very exciting to have my own Regency costume made and I thoroughly enjoyed parading at the Jane Austen Festival Grand Regency Promenade in September, meeting lots of lovely people who shared a love of Regency history and Jane Austen. Another highlight was being filmed by KBS-TV, the South Korean equivalent to the BBC, talking about George III and the Georgian fashion of seabathing.

Favourite September post: Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Rachel being filmed by KBS
on Weymouth seafront

October

A long overdue holiday in Derbyshire enabled me to visit Chatsworth, Eyam Hall and Lyme Park as well as go down a Blue John mine. Other visits included Kenwood and The Vyne and a visit to London to join Louise Allen in an event called Writing Historical Fiction the Westminster Way.

Favourite October post: Polesden Lacey

The Painted Hall, Chatsworth

November

November did not go according to plan as we had water damage after a particularly violent storm leaving the house in a mess until we could get the roof fixed. I paid a fleeting visit to Kingston Lacy where the National Trust team were busy boxing up the outside ornaments to protect them during the winter closure.

Favourite November post: Regency History guide to Chatsworth and A photo tour of Chatsworth.

December

The roof was finally repaired, a new ceiling put in and we just managed to get the decorating done in time for Christmas. A few days after Christmas, we took our daughter to a wedding in Alton and stopped off at Jane Austen's House in Chawton.

This is my video of a 360° panorama from outside Jane's house:


Favourite December post: What is the haut ton?

I hope you have enjoyed my reminiscences. Have a very Happy New Year in 2015!

For 21 of my favourite Georgian posts in 2014 on my fellow bloggers' sites, click here.

All photographs © Andrew Knowles - www.flickr.com/photos/dragontomato

My favourite Georgian posts of 2014

As the year draws to a close, I have chosen 21 of my favourite posts of 2014 to share with you.

For a review of my year and my favourite posts on Regency History, click here. 

1 post about lost heritage rediscovered

The discovery of the lost Georgian Marine Baths on Aberystwyth promenade after storms by Susan Fielding on the Heritage of Wales News page.

2 posts about Georgian spectacles

Sir Joshua Reynolds - self-portrait c1788 from
The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds
ed J Farrington and E Malone (1819)

Georgians in spectacles by Sarah Murden on All Things Georgian.

Tinted spectacles by Dr Lindsey Fitzharris on The Chirurgeons Apprentice.

3 posts about funerals and mourning

The funeral procession of Princess Charlotte at Windsor
from Memoirs of Her Late Royal Highness
 Charlotte Augusta by Robert Huish (1818)

The cost of a funeral in 1786 by Stephenie Woolterton, alias @ANoonDayEclipse on Twitter, on her blog dedicated to the private life of William Pitt the Younger.

Mourning in the Georgian era by Geri Walton, alias @18thCand19thC on Twitter.

Night funerals by Kathryn Kane on The Regency Redingote.

4 posts about famous Georgians

Mrs Fitzherbert from The Creevey Papers (1904);
Jane Austen from A Memoir of Jane Austen by JE Austen Leigh (1871)
William Pitt from Memoirs of George IV by R Huish (1830)
Fanny Burney from Diary and letters of Madame D'Arblay (1846)

Mrs Fitzherbert, long-time mistress/secret wife of the future George IV:
Mrs Fitzherbert’s Grand Tour by Laura Purcell.

A little bit of Jane (Austen of course):
Madame Gilflurt celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and Prejudice.

A little insight into the love life of Britain’s youngest Prime Minister by Stephenie Woolterton: William Pitt the Younger’s ‘soft susceptibility’ to Eleanor Eden.

Part of author Fanny Burney’s life that I was too squeamish to write about:
The gruesome tale of Fanny Burney’s mastectomy operation – without anaesthetic by Madame Gilflurt.

5 posts about travel in the Georgian period

Travelling chariot at the National Trust Carriage Museum,
Arlington Court

Travel in the 18th century by Mike Rendell, alias the Georgian Gentleman, illustrated with excerpts from his ancestor Richard Hall’s diary and notebook.

The hazards of travelling by chaise c1770 on the Two Nerdy History Girls' website.

The dangers of travel in Jane Austen’s time by Sarah Waldock.

More on travel by Louise Allen, author of Stagecoach Travel, on Jane Austen’s London.

Lots of background information on horses by Sue Millard on English Historical Fiction Authors.

6 posts about fashionable life

Vauxhall Gardens,
from The Microcosm of London (1808-10)

The big hair styles of the 1770s by the Two Nerdy History Girls in two parts: part one and part two.

Calling cards by Regina Jeffers.

A lovely description of Vauxhall Gardens from Charles P Moritz’s Travels in England 1782, courtesy of Isobel Carr on History Hoydens.

The changing dinner hour by guest blogger Sue Wilkes, author of A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England, on All Things Georgian.

A helpful guide to quarter days by Linda Banche.

Adam Dant’s map of coffee houses by the gentle author on Spitalfields Life.

All photographs © Andrew Knowles - www.flickr.com/photos/dragontomato