Lot 20
  • 20

Ackermann, Rudolph--Uwins, Thomas

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 240 drawings of costume designs for Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts magazine, 1809-1828
  • Paper
240 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOUR OVER PENCIL, most designs dated in pencil, mounted on guards and bound in 3 volumes, 8vo (202 x 135mm.), contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt

Provenance

Dudley C. Marjoribanks (1820-1894), 1st baron Tweedmouth, book label; Rudolf von Gutmann (1880-1966), bookplate, his sale in these rooms, 2 April 1993, lot 1

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."

Catalogue Note

A FINE COLLECTION OF COSTUME DRAWINGS. Thomas Uwins (1782-1857) was first apprenticed to an engraver before beginning to work on his own account as a designer of book-illustrations - chiefly vignettes and frontispieces. The Repository of Arts (also the name of Ackermann's shop in the Strand) ran to forty volumes published in monthly issues between 1809 and 1828. The magazine is particularly valuable for tracing the development of fashion during this long period, for which there is no other comparable publication. Uwin's name appears under two portraits in the issue for December 1809, but his contribution of costume plates over a period of at least twenty-two years in unacknowledged.