41 Regency Fashion Plate Ladies from Ackermann's Repository

I've been posting for several months now about images from the Regency era publication 

Ackermann's Repository; which was published in England from 1809 to 1828.

These monthly issues were full of wonderful hand-colored plates of 

Fashions, Furniture, Curtains, Landscapes, Gardens, Architecture and more.

In July 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 1 (1809-1815)

In August 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 2  (1816-1822)

In September 2011, I posted all the Fashion Plates for Ackermann's Series 3 (1823-1828)

There were over 480 Fashion Plates published in the 20 years they were in publication 

and I've created png images from 41 of them to use in my digital art projects.

This is a reference chart for the 41 png images showing a variety of fashions from 1809-1828

I've posted these to my deviantART account in an easy to download zip file to share with you all.

Click HERE to go to that page and then click the Download button on the top right once there.

 I just could not resist sharing this ladies with you once more and I hope you 

will use them to create some fun digital art or craft projects of your very own.

Here are some of the digital art projects I've created 

so far using many of the images from above.

Beautiful Day for a Walk by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Regency Ladies with a Gothic view by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Regency Ladies with a Curtain View

Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Regency Beauties by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Midnight Garden by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Regency Ghost Scene by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Masquerade Ball by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue by EKDuncan

 Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

The Regency Ladies of Fashion by EKDuncan

Click HERE to view the original post and to find out about the other images in this digital scene.

I'm having so much fun creating with these images that I wanted to share 

these fun FREEBIES with you guys too.

Enjoy!

Beautiful Day for a Walk - Regency images from Ackermann's

I thought I'd do one more fun curtain scene before moving on to post about 

other furniture plates from Ackermann's Repository.  

For this fun piece of digital art I combined a variety of Regency images including ladies of fashion, a scenic element for the background, a beautiful set of draperies, a background made from one of the needlework patterns and to top it all off  a digitized image of one of my favorite antique frames.

I hope you enjoy it!

Digital Art using vintage Regency images from the pages of Ackermann's Repository - EKDuncan 2011

This entire scene was created in Photoshop using a variety of 

Ackermann Repository images, some fun filters and and blending modes.

I love the aged antique look of the original Ackermann's images I've been posting but there are times I want a slightly different look, so I've been playing around with the "photo filters" in Photoshop.  

For this scene I've brighten-up and given these old images a "cooler" tone using "cooling filter (80)".

(New Adjustment Layer - Photo Filter - Cooling Filter (80) is what I've used in Photoshop)

Here are the images I used to create 

"Beautiful Day for a Walk"

1818 Residence of Prince Homburg - Germany using Cooling filter

1818 Residence of Prince Homburg - Germany (Original)

This is what the original image looked like before I applied the cooling filter in Photoshop.

I find it fascinating how a slight change can drastically alter an image.

This is the altered version of the original 1820 Curtain furniture plate I used for my scene.

This is only one of several versions for this curtain I've created.

The rest can be seen and downloaded from my deviantART account by clicking HERE

along with a variety of other Ackermann Regency Curtains I've altered.

This is the original Curtain plate from Ackermann's Repository that I created my altered version from.

More Original (non-altered) Ackermann Curtains can be seen HERE

These are the two Regency Fashion Plate ladies 

I turned into png images to use in my scene.

Altered Version using the Cooling filter in Photoshop

Here is the Original antique image from Ackermann's

This and other 1818 Regency Fashion Plates 

from Ackermann's can be seen HERE

Altered Version using the Cooling filter in Photoshop

Here is the Original antique image from Ackermann's

This and other 1817 Regency Fashion Plates 

from Ackermann's can be seen HERE

I had a bit of fun creating the "fill-in" for the top portion of the frame's arch and making a new floor.

I did this by altering a background digital paper I created in a previous post
using an antique needlework pattern from Ackermann's.  
That original blog post can be seen HERE

I altered the original EKDuncan pattern to create this new look

Other EKDuncan digital background papers created from Ackermann Repository images 

can be downloaded from my deviantART account by clicking HERE

An altered version of a  frame from my personal antique collection

Other EKDuncan frames can be downloaded HERE

 
I love creating these fun digital scenes in Photoshop and I currently have several
Regency Scenes using images from Ackermann's Repository.

Here are the links if you want to take a look at the others I've created.

Regency Ladies with a Gothic View

Regency Ladies with a Curtain View

Curtains Set the Stage

Midnight Garden

Regency Ghost Scene

Masquerade Ball

Garden Party with a Roaring Rogue

The Regency Ladies of Fashion

Till next time...

Gothic Temple on the property of Eaton Hall - Country Seat of the Earl of Grosvenor from 1823

I'm still playing around with the images I've been posting from Ackermann's Repository and Curtains are my latest project of choice.  Here is a fun scene I've created using a great curtain -  furniture plate from 1820, a few fashion plate ladies and a wonderful Gothic temple scene from Ackermann's country seat series.

Regency Ladies with a Gothic View by EKDuncan 2011

All the used to create the scene are from a variety of monthly issues of the Regency era publication Ackermann's Repository.  The Frame is a composite of two that I digitized from my personal collection of vintage frames.

I love vintage, paper curtains of all kinds.  They remind me of the ones used in antique Toy Theaters and I love creating scenes with them.  There are times a curtains sets the stage for me and other times I like to use one in a more natural setting as seen here - like a doorway.

(A variety of paper curtains can be downloaded from my EveyD - deviantART account.)

I have a growing collection of Toy Theater curtains and now with the lovely collection of curtain furniture plates from Ackermann's I have full wall curtain plates that I can manipulate digitally to keep or remove sections as needed so I get a variety of looks from the same image.

(Scroll down lower in this post to see the versions I've created using this 1820 Curtain image.)

Here are the images I used to create the scene above.

This can be found on my devianART account at http://eveyd.deviantart.com/gallery/33521372#/d4flw4a

A bit of Photoshop manipulation change the original Ackermann's Repository curtain furniture plate allowed me to create this new look.  I still wanted the look of a room but I've removed the "window" area so I could have a transparent opening for other artwork and I also adjusted the tone of the piece so it is now a cooler in greys and blue.

(A variety of EKDuncan altered Ackermann's Repository Curtains can be found HERE)
(Other vintage Toy Theater paper curtains can be found HERE)

The original 1820 Curtain - Furniture Plate from Ackermann's Repository

This was what the original Ackermann's plate for the Curtain
looked like before I altered it in Photoshop.

Other Original,Curtain - Furniture Plates from Ackermann's can be seen HERE



These are the Two Regency Lady Fashion plates I converted into png form.

The original of this and other 1809 fashions by Ackermann's can be seen HERE

The original of this and other 1817 Ackermann's fashions can be seen HERE

Gothic Temple on the property of Eaton Hall - Country Seat of the Earl of Grosvenor from 1823

(Eaton Hall and other Country Seats from Ackermann's can be viewed HERE)


I jazzed up the floor area in my scene by using this mosaic digital image.

The Frame for my scene was created by combining two separate images of frames.
Both are from my personal collection of vintage photo frames that I've digitized.

Black Frame

Vintage Gold Frame

These frames and a variety of images can be downloaded from my deviantART account.
For my EveyD.deviantART - Gallery click HERE
For my EveyD.deviantART - Frames click HERE


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 I liked the image of the 1820 Curtain so much that I made a few manipulations of it and
posted it to my deviantART account so others could play with them too.

To see my EveyD.deviantART - Ackermann Curtain Collection click HERE

The following images are similar except for some slight color and tonal changes.

I made them in both "full wall" and "curtain only" png format,
to give them a bit more variety on how they can be used.

This is the original image with just a bit of clean up work and the altered window opening.

This is the previous image with the only the curtain and doors.

Blue Version - This is similar to the original; except the curtains are more blue than aqua.

The above "Blue Curtain" version with curtain and doors only.

This is the version I used in my scene. Altered for a cooler look to both room and curtains.

The above "cooler" version with just curtains and doors.

A more neutral "Grey" version for both room and drapes.

Grey version - doors and curtain only

Usually I play around drastically with color changes; however, I enjoyed seeing how subtle changes altered the feel of the image.


I look forward to creating other digital art pieces using these great
Regency curtains and would love to see what you create with them as well;
so if you do create fun new art using any of my images from this blog or
my deviantART account - drop a link for it in the comments section so I can take a look.
(I'd also appreciate a link back from your site to mine as a courtesy if you use EKDuncan images.)


 One talented deviantART artist has already created a fun piece
of digital art using this 1820 curtain.
Her work titled "Hello Little Bird" by motherearth01 can be seen HERE

I hope it inspires you to download some curtains and create a bit a whimsy for yourself.


Till the next curtain rises...

Regency Ladies with a Curtain View - using images from Ackermann's Repository

I created this fun piece of digital art using a few of the Regency era, 

Ackermann Repository images I've been posting over the past few months.  

"Regency Ladies with a Curtain View" - digital art by EKDuncan 2011

Since a majority of the artwork found in the pages of Ackermann's Repository* are of 

the same style; they work together extremely well to produce any number of digital scenes 

- your imagination is the only limit.  

 *(Ackermann's Repository - a monthly publication from 1809-1828 in England)

Regency Ladies with a View was created in Photoshop using 4 Ackermann Repository images.

A garden scene, a furniture plated depicting curtains, and two fashion plates.

Here are the items that I used

1819 Aviary -  Garden Plate from Ackermann's Repository was used for the background setting.

Click HERE to see more Garden and Landscape Settings from Ackermann's 

1819 Curtains - Furniture Plate from Ackermann's Repository

 Click HERE to see other Regency Era Curtains from Ackermann's Repository

I digitally removed most of the central window area in Photoshop; 

so I would have an open view to place my setting.

This is the png image I created to frame my garden setting.

(More versions of this swagged curtain can be seen further down on this post)

I used two 1813 Fashion Plate ladies to place in my scene.

I removed the background from the original Fashion Plates so I could have 

png images that could be easily dropped into a digital scene.

More Regency Fashion Plates from 1813 can be seen HERE

Ackermann Repository Fashion Plates from 1809 - 1828 are all posted on this blog.

They can be found in my posts for July, August and September of 2011.

I used an Antique paper mat frame from an old Cabinet Card Photo to frame my scene.

I did a little bit of digital alteration using Photoshop to get this final look. 

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I'm currently altering a nice selection of "Curtain" images from Ackermann's; and posting 

them on my EveyD.deviantART.com account so others can play with them too.

A variety of EKD altered Ackermann Repository curtain images 

can be seen and downloaded from  HERE

To see all my full gallery of deviant.ART images click HERE

Here are the colorized versions I've created so far for this 1819 Curtain.

Original Pink Version - Curtain Only png

Aqua/Ocean Blue Version - Curtain Only png

Green Version - Curtain Only png

Peach Version - Curtain Only png

Bluish Purple Version - Curtain Only png

Purple Version - Curtain Only png

Gold Version - Curtain Only png

Gold Version with Double Side Drops - Curtain Only png

I created this version for another project.

This version of the curtain was used in my "Ladies of Regency Fashion" 

scene which was originally posted back in July of 2011.

One of the many things I love about Photoshop is that it allows you to alter and 

change an image; till you have it in the shape, color and size you need.

Till the next time...