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Mr Miles

What is known of Mr Miles?

He, together with Messrs Edwards & Counsell, then with Mr Counsell, had a daguerreotype photographic studio, at 19 Princes Street, for a short period in 1842.

This studio was in the name of:

-  Messrs Edwards  March, April 1842

-  Edwards, Counsell & Miles  May, early June 1842

-  Counsell & Miles  late June, July? 1842

-  Counsell  July?, August 1842 to January 1843

The adverts below appeared in the Caledonian Mercury in 1842.

 

1842 Advertisements

 

1.

Advert  -  Edwards, Counsell & Miles

 9 May 1842

Patronised by the Royal Family

PORTRAIT ROOM
19, PRINCES STREET

(Late Harvey Bazaar)

INSTANTANEOUS DAGUERREOTYPE
OR
PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

By Messrs
  EDWARDS, COUNSELL & MILES

NEW PATENTED IMPROVED PROCESS

From the Royal Adelaide Gallery, London
and the Photographic Institute, Brighton.

Messrs Edwards, Counsell & Miles beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Edinburgh that they continue to take faithful and pleasing PORTRAITS by that Patent Improved Process in PHOTOGRAPHY, at the above Rooms from ten till four o'clock pm.

 

Portraits are produced in any state of the atmosphere; and the time of sitting only occupies a few seconds.  Specimens can be seen at the Rooms.

[Caledonian Mercury  9 May 1842]

 

2.

Advert  -  Counsell & Miles

30 June 1842

DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITURE

of FAMILIES

Messrs COUNSELL & MILES beg to intimate that in order to meet the applications of numerous Families in Town, they have Reduced their charge for Likenesses to 10s 6d.

As Messes C&M will only remain a very short time longer, an early visit is requested.

Daguerreotype Rooms,
  19 Prince's Street, late Harvey's Bazaar.

[Caledonian Mercury  30 June 1842.]

 

 

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