Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-07-12
PHOTOGRAPHIC MINIATURES.
Il NIhONS & A W. PAGE.
LATE OF NEW YORK cry
Prefessor, and Teacher, Of Phoior,apL

Professors and Teachers Of PhofoVraD I'm.
NAkE this method mist respectfully Oi Inform.
ing The Ladies aud Gentlemen OF Wheeling
aud IT'S vicinity, Thai they have taken Rooms al the
Chi'ed States Hotel. where they will be happy 10
wait upon any who may wish 10 avail themselves
ni an opportunity OF procuring n Likeness, which
though II may cost but one iosuL the Painter,
price, ~'tl possess me its that no artist can ever give
10 hts wUrk.
Messrs SImons g. Page have been engaged in the
DogHeTTeO,gpe profession from it, first inirod uciion
unto America, have, a. great expense and loss of time.
succeeded IN 50 hr improving tho American anna
miu''a as 10 he enabled 10 operate with an unerrrng
degree OF certainty. The great degree OF certainty.
ne great difficulty with all former operators IN CIV.
ing color aud expression To their productions I, nj
once obviated by tneii greet improvement IT, this
wonderful discovery;-t The time also required in sit.
ing - materially lessened. Messrs Sunons g. page
eoveyi-removed the difficulty which all
nave 10y their improvement in this wonderful dis
'ofher OPERATOR lahored under ia compelling their
sohgecis To 81 from three 10 Eve minutes, and which
was apt TO produce a contraction OF The ewes nnJ d..
'"ried appearance Of The features: Now. a correct
ahd beautiful likeness can be Produced in a siuing
OF from fac 10 thirty fire seconds in any kind of
weather, and consequently without using the direct
rays of the Sun.
They propose 10 Instruct a limited number Of L..
DIES aud Gentleman in this beautiful and valuable
discovery, who can be furnished " ith complete sets
o, tue InproVed American apparatus, and by means
OF which any one may be enabled To take a likeness
IN an ordinary room. without requiring any peculiar
adjustment OF the light. Heretofore IL has been
generally supposed That sunshine was INDISPENSABLE
to the production of Dagusrreolype Miniatures; but
me important improvement recently perfected.
proves that IhIs Is a mistake. The new apparatus
cost less than The old, aud furnishes Tire ability TO
It's pnssessor of securing an Independence IN a pro.
"ssion as hononble' interesting and agreeable as
any oiher' 10y the expenditure of a mere lrine a.d a
a. "a uIUNE nNnaWU.-
preseni the same advantages in supplyIng The means
oi a genIeel support, not To sny ioriuncl This m
pnralns Is warranted never To get out OF order. and
consequently will not require any repairs. II can
ne supplied IN a form 80 p"rtnSle IS 10 b. carried
"l dressing case u desired. aud ordinarily occu.
p'eS less SAGE than a cubic fuot. Those who have
never had an oPpouuuIty Of seeing a spec,mcn Of
Phoiography, eau hardly form m idea of The nor.
lecIion' beauty AMI wonderful minuleness of The
OagneTrediJ pc pictures: IL IS the work of Nature;
not oil Ari and C. far SURPRISES the produrtipu al
ne TSnch as all Natures effects do those of Man
j" 'he creation Of these pictures. The hghI OF Hea-
ven alone constitutes the pencil. and nature The mr..
"Nt. The D'guerreoIyPe Pc, or Pencil Of Nature, can
ne applied 10 every object on which the rays oCIigbt
can be made 10 fall: The human face and figure
'u"uscAPes' buildings, painting, engravings, station
airy machinery, DC &c may he COZ led in a few sec.
'huS WIN an accuracy that lao draughtsman could
ever a''a'h' The process Is simple; II requires no
"Nh A"thlsATyt nor kEONledge of
drawing Or painting, for The light itself enrrayes m
on the prepared plate: and il may be performed nv
any one who follows the process which is fully and
clearly described ~ The instructions accomo,nv,ng
each sell ofapparnius.
fOr Colleges, Academies and public Lectures hi,
apparatus IL particularly desirable. rs the re.ul,s
produced by II are the most interesting thai can no
eAhloiied 10 an audience, the process recurring but
a lew seconds in favorable weather To compIet. ,
picture and the results being TO al 80 SUI pnsinr
ana beautiful. that II never fails to excite The great.
est wonder and establishment IN The minds Of every
neho'deri whilst To The traveller IL must be one Of
W most valuable accOmpanimenis. IL is only ne.
cessary to add for the information Of those who a re
uhacquainied with The details Of the Photographic
ART mat u IS capsbls Of yielding an incompauble
greater return for The amount of lime and money
invested IN u, than any Other business Of The same
caapial. We would here beg leave TO stale. upon
me authority Of The most scientific Gentlemen ofihe
cil'sO Boston, n York and Philadelphia, tbnt these
piciurss will never fade, bu { that they will remain
permanently fixed until the final contamination OF
AZ 'hIngS. Other adv antsgcs which these NINA.
lures have over al others might he mentioned but
enough has been said 10 convince the most mcredu.
lous That for rnp:diiy Of execution, correctness stJ
durability they cannot be equalled.
Apparatus. Plates, Miniature cases. Chemical, 6c
iurnishes At The shortest notice and on The mos, rsn.
sonaoie ierns. Appaut US invariably warranted 10
oe equal % not superior, 10 any manufactured in the
United States.
Wheeling. July 10. 1873