1809 Fashion Plate "Evening Dresses." From "Fashions of London and Paris, Evening Dress, December 1809."

"A sea-green crape dress, vandyked round the petticoat, and ornamented with large beads; a full drapery over the shoulders and confined in the back with a pearl band, ornamented round the neck and down the back with beads. ..."

Ackermann's 1823, Vol. 1, Plate 29

Fashion Plate, 'Walking Dress' for 'The Repository of Arts', Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, April 1, 1818, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Evening Full Dress June 1809' published by John Bell, published in La Belle Assemblée or Bell’s Court and Fashionable Magazine hand-coloured etching and stipple engraving, published 1 July 1809

La Châtelaine Chocolat: Le Modiste: Update on the Regency outerwear, 1809

Ackermann's Repository, 1809.

Today I embark on a wonderful exploration of the amazing images found in the pages of the Regency Era publication called Ackermann's Repository. This is a multi-month long project that will probably last the rest of the year but I think you may find the images as entertaining as I have. I hope you will join me on this journey through out the remainder of 2011 as I step back in time 200 years to Regency England. My favorite of the 1809 Ackermann's Repository fashion plates Ackermann's…