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Ackermann Collection (#8)

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Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Rowland Bloxam, nephew to Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait of Rowland Bloxam, nephew to Sir Thomas Lawrence. Chubby boy in dress tied with blue ribbon. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Thomas Lawrence Bloxam

Portrait of Thomas Lawrence Bloxam, nephew to Sir Thomas Lawrence. In dress tied with a pink ribbon. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton, mistress of Horatio Nelson

Portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton, mistress of Horatio Nelson, 1765-1815. In see-through dress, looking up, with loose turban

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Augusta Lowther, Lady Lonsdale

Portrait of Augusta Lowther, Lady Lonsdale
Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrences father

Portrait of Sir Thomas Lawrences father, innkeeper Thomas Lawrence. Portly man in wig seated on a chair. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Mary Isabella Bloxam as a young woman

Portrait of Mary Isabella Bloxam as a young woman, niece to Sir Thomas Lawrence. With her hair up and curled, in an off-the-shoulder dress

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of two children

Portrait of two children. The elder holding a reluctant younger child in bonnet and dress. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of the Calmeady children in an embrace

Portrait of the Calmeady children in an embrace. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence

Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraving by Frederick Christians Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G. Patmores Cabinet of Gems, Ackermann, London, 1837

Background imageAckermann Collection: Nicolas Poussin, French Baroque artist

Nicolas Poussin, French Baroque artist, 1594-1665. From the original picture in the Louvre. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools

Background imageAckermann Collection: Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque painter

Salvator Rosa, Italian Baroque painter, 1615-1673. From a picture in the Grosvenor Collection. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools

Background imageAckermann Collection: Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders, Flemish painter

Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders, Flemish painter 1579-1657. Francois Sneyders. From a picture by van Dyck. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all

Background imageAckermann Collection: David Teniers the Younger

David Teniers the Younger or David Teniers II, Flemish painter, 1610 -1690. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Michelangelo, from a print in the British Museum

Michelangelo, from a print in the British Museum
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni or Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance. 1475-1564 Michael Angelo. From a print in the British Museum

Background imageAckermann Collection: Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist, 1452-1519. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish Baroque painter

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Spanish Baroque painter, 1618-1682. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Annibale Carracci, Italian painter

Annibale Carracci, Italian painter 1560-1609. From a self portrait. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter

Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish painter 1568-1625. From an etching by Anthony van Dyck.Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann

Background imageAckermann Collection: Adriaen Brouwer, Flemish painter

Adriaen Brouwer, Flemish painter
Adriaen Brouwer or Adrian Brower, Flemish painter, 1605-1638. After a portrait by Anthony van Dyck. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all

Background imageAckermann Collection: Titian, Italian Renaissance painter

Titian, Italian Renaissance painter
Tiziano Vecelli, Vecellio or Titian, Italian Renaissance painter, 1488-1576. From a self portrait. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools

Background imageAckermann Collection: Otto van Veen, Antwerp painter

Otto van Veen, Antwerp painter
Otto van Veen, Otto Venius or Octavius Vaenius, Antwerp painter, 1556-1629. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter

Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter
Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Francesco Mazzola or Parmigianino, Italian Mannerist painter, 1503-1540. From the picture in the Florence Gallery

Background imageAckermann Collection: Gerhard Douw or Gerrit Dou, Dutch artist

Gerhard Douw or Gerrit Dou, Dutch artist of the Golden Age, 1613 - 1675. From a picture in the Stafford collection. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of

Background imageAckermann Collection: Rembrandt, Dutch painter

Rembrandt, Dutch painter
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Dutch painter, 1606-1669. From a picture by himself, formerly in the possession of the Duke of Montagu

Background imageAckermann Collection: Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish Baroque artist

Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish Baroque artist, 1599-1641. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann, London, 1827

Background imageAckermann Collection: Hans Holbein the younger

Hans Holbein the younger, German Renaissance artist 1497-1543. From a self portrait. Lithograph after a drawing by HVH from Portraits of the most celebrated painters of all the schools, Ackermann

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale

Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale
5912850 Portrait of Lady Augusta Lowther, Countess of Fane, wife of the 1st Earl of Lonsdale. Hand-tinted engraving by Frederick Christian Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G

Background imageAckermann Collection: Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraving by Frederick Christians Lewis after an

Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraving by Frederick Christians Lewis after an illustration by Sir
5912839 Portrait bust of artist Sir Thomas Lawrence. Engraving by Frederick Christians Lewis after an illustration by Sir Thomas Lawrence from P.G. Patmores Cabinet of Gems, Ackermann, London, 1837

Background imageAckermann Collection: Johnny thrown out of a sedan chair when the porters crash over a pile of stones in the street

Johnny thrown out of a sedan chair when the porters crash over a pile of stones in the street
FLO5000000 Johnny thrown out of a sedan chair when the porters crash over a pile of stones in the street. Night Watchmen with lanterns and rattles arrives

Background imageAckermann Collection: Johnny at a sporting finale: Johnny with candlesticks leaves three drunken hunters asleep in a

Johnny at a sporting finale: Johnny with candlesticks leaves three drunken hunters asleep in a dining room with empty
FLO4999844 Johnny at a sporting finale: Johnny with candlesticks leaves three drunken hunters asleep in a dining room with empty wine bottles and sleeping hounds

Background imageAckermann Collection: Johnny with a spendthrift: they lounge on a sofa drinking wine as a line of tradeswomen show dresses

Johnny with a spendthrift: they lounge on a sofa drinking wine as a line of tradeswomen show dresses
FLO4999805 Johnny with a spendthrift: they lounge on a sofa drinking wine as a line of tradeswomen show dresses, hats and other finery. A servant closes the door on more sales people

Background imageAckermann Collection: Johnny with other patients in quack doctor Anodynes waiting room

Johnny with other patients in quack doctor Anodynes waiting room. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas
FLO4999759 Johnny with other patients in quack doctor Anodynes waiting room. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Thomas Rowlandson from William Combes The History of Johnny Quae Genus

Background imageAckermann Collection: Man suffering from gout greeted painfully by a sailor

Man suffering from gout greeted painfully by a sailor
5893728 Man suffering from gout greeted painfully by a sailor. by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man suffering from painful gout in his limbs greeted by a muscular sailor with a strong)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room

Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room
5893717 Regency cobbler mending shoes in a crowded room. by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Regency cobbler mending shoes in a room full of women and children)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm

Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm
5893715 Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm. by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man and woman lost in the countryside in a night storm with a servant holding a lantern)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and mai

Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and mai
5893712 Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and mai by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man in his sick bed surrounded by doting wife, children, and maids)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk

Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk
5893708 Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk. by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man and two women failing to close a packed trunk in a hotel room while a servant looks)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriage

Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriage
5893706 Man losing control of his mount while passing a carriage. by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Man losing control of his mount while passing a horse and carriage on a road)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Children playing on carts cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive

Children playing on carts cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive
5893691 Children playing on carts cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); (add.info.: Children playing on carts and toys cutting up a newly-rolled gravel drive)

Background imageAckermann Collection: St. Marys Church and Radclivian Library, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint)

St. Marys Church and Radclivian Library, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint)
986312 St. Marys Church and Radclivian Library, 1809-1811 (hand-coloured aquatint) by Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); approx. 27x47.4 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: St)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Clerkenwell Sessions House (coloured engraving)

Clerkenwell Sessions House (coloured engraving)
582911 Clerkenwell Sessions House (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clerkenwell Sessions House)

Background imageAckermann Collection: St Stephens Walbrook (coloured engraving)

St Stephens Walbrook (coloured engraving)
582860 St Stephens Walbrook (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Stephens Walbrook); Look and Learn / Peter Jackson Collection

Background imageAckermann Collection: Henry the Fifth Chapel, Westminster Abbey (engraving)

Henry the Fifth Chapel, Westminster Abbey (engraving)
611337 Henry the Fifth Chapel, Westminster Abbey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry the Fifth Chapel, Westminster Abbey)

Background imageAckermann Collection: Great Exhibition, 1851, From the Bridge, Hyde Park (coloured engraving)

Great Exhibition, 1851, From the Bridge, Hyde Park (coloured engraving)
611313 Great Exhibition, 1851, From the Bridge, Hyde Park (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Great Exhibition, 1851)

Background imageAckermann Collection: The Park and the Crystal Palace (engraving)

The Park and the Crystal Palace (engraving)
611410 The Park and the Crystal Palace (engraving) by Brannon, Philip (1815-90); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Park and the Crystal Palace)

Background imageAckermann Collection: The British Department, Viewed from the Transept, Great Exhibition, 1851 (engraving)

The British Department, Viewed from the Transept, Great Exhibition, 1851 (engraving)
611305 The British Department, Viewed from the Transept, Great Exhibition, 1851 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The British Department)

Background imageAckermann Collection: The College of Physicians, from Ackermanns Microcosm of London

The College of Physicians, from Ackermanns Microcosm of London
XIR155378 The College of Physicians, from Ackermanns Microcosm of London (colour engraving) by Rowlandson, T.(1756-1827) & Pugin, A.C.(1762-1832); Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France; English

Background imageAckermann Collection: Pitts Cabinett Globe Writing Table, pl. 14 of Ackermanns Repository of Arts

Pitts Cabinett Globe Writing Table, pl. 14 of Ackermanns Repository of Arts
XCF324351 Pitts Cabinett Globe Writing Table, pl. 14 of Ackermanns Repository of Arts, pub. 1st February 1810 (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English




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"Exploring the Many Facets of Ackermann: From Oxton House to Woburn Abbey" Step into the world of Ackermann, a name that resonates with history and artistry. Journey back to Devon's picturesque landscapes, where Oxton House stands as a testament to elegance under the watchful eye of Rev. John Beaumont Swete. In 1825, Pynes House in Exeter became another jewel in Ackermann's crown. But it wasn't just grand estates that captured their attention; they also delved into the realm of creativity. Collaborating with renowned composer Giuseppe Verdi, Ackermann showcased their versatility beyond architecture and design. The allure extended further as an English gentleman faced trial in France during the 18th century – a tale shrouded in mystery and intrigue, leaving us wondering about his fate. Ackermann's artistic prowess knew no bounds; from military regalia to lively tavern scenes, they captured moments frozen in time. Three soldiers proudly paraded outside a tavern while an ensign of the Grenadier Guards donned his uniform with pride in 1844. Venturing beyond military life, Westminster Cavalry galloped onto canvas alongside Southwark Cavalry – both embodying strength and valor. Yet amidst all this grandeur lies humor intertwined within everyday situations. Witness a man tumbling off a broken chair at a dinner party or find yourself chuckling at another caught between an unruly parrot and mischievous cat within the confines of a drawing room. And finally, immerse yourself in opulence as you step into the Egyptian Hall at Mansion House for an unforgettable banquet scene – where lavishness meets architectural splendor. Ackermann weaves together tales through artistry and innovation across various realms - from stately homes like Oxton House to collaborations with musical masters like Verdi. Their legacy lives on through captivating depictions ranging from military life to comedic mishaps, leaving us captivated by the rich tapestry they've created.