The London Engineer. (Steam Yacht.)
No.44 of R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts &c Pub.d Aug.t 1. 1819.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The London Engineer began her service in 1818, setting off from Margate, as a packet boat carrying passengers between Margate and London. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
[Ref: 46310] £95.00
Hand-coloured aquatint. Sheet: 150 x 240mm (6 x 9½"). Trimmed and laid on album sheet.
The London Engineer began her service in 1818, setting off from Margate, as a packet boat carrying passengers between Margate and London. Ackermann's Repository of Arts was an illustrated, British periodical published from 1809-1829 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the publication was "Respository of Arts, Literature, Commerce, Manufactures, Fashions, and Politics", and it did cover all of these fields. At the time, it was considered to be of great influence to the English taste in fashion, architecture, and literature.
[Ref: 46310] £95.00