Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-07-16
PHOTOGRAPHIC MINIATURES.
4 q NIHONS "a w. PAGE
LATE OF NEW YORK CRY

Professors aud 2eaohers Of Phsf,graoby
AkE this method most respectfully oi inform
4 ing the Ledies ard Gentlemen III Wheeling
and IFS v'clni,y, that they have taken Rooms AZ the
OHncd Stot'S Hotel where they will he h,ppy Il,
wall uiun any who may wish 10 avail themselves
ut an opportunity Of procuring a Likeness. which
though n may cost but one fourth the Painters
price, VIII possess me It's that uo artist can ever give
- his work.
Messrs SImnns s. Page have been engaged in the
OoguerTcoiyPs pruiesston from il first mtrnduriior
U'" AmeiIca. have, o. great eXpen,e and loss urtmc,
sncceedrd in So inr improving The American appa
raIns as Ia Ice enabled L. operate with an uuerIng
degree Of certainty. The greal degree orcenainry
The great difficulty with all urmcr operators IN CIV
ing color aud expression Ia their productions is at
once ooviai'd by tneir greet improvement II. this
wonderful dIscovcy;-the time also required In st.
aug II materially lessened. Messrs Slnons d Page
coveHi-femuyed the dfnculty whch all
have. uy their improvement in this wonderful d.
'ormer operators, lnhOred under in compelling their
subjects To en- frUm three To five minutes. and vbicb
was apt 10 produce q contraction OF he eyes mid. -
i"tiCd appearance OF the features: Now. d correct
nhd h%e'ntiill likeness can be pruduccd ia Il Suing
Of !rom fac 10 thirty nee sscoals! ia any hind ui
Nenlh"r. and consequently without usiug the direct
rays "f he SIN.
They pro ose 20 instruct u limited numlor NJ La.
dies and Cen em1n m irts heauii'ul and ,al1ah,e
$3.50 VIZ '"' w NtihiNttiG " AII htllltNslfA rEIIN
q. The iupr'v'd American l]pIanlus. AMI by means
81 which auy one may toe -uahlrd Ia take n lk,ue-s
10 mn ordinary r'um. wiIhuui requiring any peculiar
adJH,imeI { Of Tao .lsli. Heretofore 10 Ia. been
generally supposed ihaI sunshine MS mdi.rcnsahl.
% 'hc Productions of DieUcrrcuiype hiIuiaIu1s;b ta
lhe iE.;nria1t imp nyeIncuI receuily per Cttrd
proves thai his O., "a mistake. The new nn,isr,tus
Co" Ices Than The old, and furnishes the ability lu
~ p"sscssor %! sFcurig an Independence ~ a pro.
i'ss.n u us Epr"rah!r. interesting and agreeable AZ
any other, by the expenditure Of a mere Iuhe ard a
lev days application. Can any other pursuit IN lie
preseni The same advantages 90 su pylyIng the means
VI n geniecl support, not To say ioriune7 This ap-
paraius Is warranted never Ia Get out OF order. and
consequently wall not require any repairs. IL can
he supplied ia n ium 50 portable as To he carried
IN a dressing ease. IL desired. aud ordinarily occu.
pies less SAGE thar a cubic foot. Thuse who have
never had an opportunity Of seeing a specimen Of
Photography. can hardly form an idea Uf the per-
lection, beauty and wonderful minuleness Of the
DoguerreotJ pc pictures; IL Is The work Of Nature:
not of Ar; aud as far ~surpaSses the production of
The pencil rs all Natures effects d. those ni Man
In the creation Of these pictures. The light Of Hen-
ven alone constitutes the pencil. ard nature Inc ar.
TIT. The D,gueueolype, or Pencil Of Nature, can
be applied 10 every oI jecj on which The rays Of light
can he made To El': The human face and figure,
lnndscapes, huIid nss, painting, engruyIngs, station.
cry, machinery, &c &c may be COZ Ied in few sec.
onds with an accuracy that ho duughtsman could
ever attain. The process is simple: u requires no
acquaintance with chemistry, nor ktou edge of
drawing or painting. for the light itself engmves 10.
on The prepared plate: and it may be performed by
any me Who follows Inc process which $ fully aud
Fclearly described IN Tie Instructions ACCOMMODATING
each set ofapperaius.
For Colleges. Academies and public lectures III.
apparatus is particularly desirable. as the results
produced by Il are the most interesting that can be
exhibited to On audience, the process requiring but
a few seconds IN favorable Wcuiher to complete d
prrture, and The iesulis being o. al 81 surprising
md beautiful. that % never fails 10 excite The great
est wonder and astDnishmeni iu lhe minds uf ever,
h~eholder; whilst 10 The traveller o. must be one nj
The must valuable aCcOmpnnimenis Its only ne
cessary lo odd Tor the information Of those who rc
nnncqupnted with he details Of ihe Photographic
art. that q IS capable Of yielding an lncumpafahi,
greater return Tor the amount of time ADD money
invested IN it. Than any o Ter business Of The sam,
capital We would tcre beg leave 10 stale. uppn
The authority of he most scientific Genlempu or b,
cities Of Boston, y Yrrk and PriiudeIphia that thes,
pictur.s will never lde. but that they will rcmair
permanently fixed unrI Via final o.
all things. Ofher adv nniarrs which these Nina
fnres have ovcral others might to- mertiuucd, hu
enourhhas been IN q 10 con, inre he nUsi iucredu
lous lbai Tor updiiy u execution, correctness no ,
durability they cannot ue equalled.
Apparatus. Plates. Minisinre cssss. Chemicals Sc
fur. i.hcd NJ be shortest notice and uu lhe mos req
snnahle .erms Aprarntus invariably warranted q.
10 equal MT superior. toany manufactured 30 10,
Cniied States
Wheeling. July y. 1872 3.