1843 Concert Hall, opposite Mansion House, Augusta, Maine.
1844 Rooms over Thompson & Ames’s Apothecary Store, New London, Connecticut.
1843 September 15. Kennebec Journal. (Augusta, Maine.) September 15, 1843, Vol. XIX, No. 38, P. 1.
Daguerreotype Miniatures, Taken With Colors. The subscribers beg leave to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Augusta, Hallowell and Vicinity, that they have taken the Concert Hall, in Augusta, opposite the Mansion House, where they are prepared to take Daguerreotype Miniatures is a superior style. Having practised the art of Photography at the best Institute in the United States, (Plumbes,) the public may rely upon a first rate Miniature, taken with colors, thereby removing the deathlike appearance of the face, which has heretofore been an objection to Daguerreotype Miniatures. A good likeness warranted, or no pay.
Rooms opened to visitors at all hours of the day.
Prices for Miniature set in frame………………………….$2.50
“ “ “ “ in elegant morocco case…….……….$3.50
“ “ “ “ in locket…………………….………….$5.00
Masury & Melzeard.
N. B. Full sets of Daguerreotype Apparatus, with instruction, furnished on reasonable terms. Samuel Masury, Thos. Melzeard, Jr. Augusta, Aug 31.
Advertisement was recorded twice on September 15 & October 6, 1843.
1844 April 24. The People’s Advocate. (New London, Connecticut.) April 24, 1844, Vol. IV, No. 192, P. 3.
The Subscribers, From Plumbe Daguerrian Gallery Of Colored Photographic Miniatures, Respectfully inform the citizens of New London and vicinity, that they have taken rooms over Messrs. Thompson & Ames’s Apothecary Store, opposite the City Hotel, where they will execute Miniatures in a style superior to any before offered to this public. These Miniatures are colored by a new discovered process, and possess the combined accuracy of a Daguerreotype and the color and finish of the most exquisite Painting. Persons sitting for Miniatures at this establishment are warranted a perfect likeness, or no charge.
Miniatures, neatly set in Cases or Lockets, from $2.50 to $15,00.
Rooms open for visitors from 8 A. M. till 1 P. M.
N. B.—Any person wishing to learn this beautiful art, can be furnished with complete sets of apparatus, and instruction on reasonable terms. Samuel Masury. John Melzeard.
Advertisement ran from April 24 to June 5. 1844.
1844 May 1. The People’s Advocate. (New London, Connecticut.) May 1, 1844, Vol. IV, No. 193, P. 3.
Daguerreotype Miniatures. We call the attention of our readers to the advertisement of Messrs. Masury & Melzeard, in another column. We feel ourselves utterly incompetent to give even a faint idea of the richness and beauty of the pictures produced by them, through the instrumentality of the Photographic art, to which is added a process of coloring the Miniatures to life, rendering them the most accurate and desirable representations of the ‘human face divine,’ that can be conceived. To this fact hundreds have attested within the past fortnight, a goodly number of whom are ladies, whose judgement in this matter is unquestionable. Messrs. M. & M. have, what is of immense importance in the practice of this art, a good share of patience; and all are warranted a perfect likeness—whether it be ‘personified beauty,’ or a ‘plain, unvarnished’ face; and those will be enabled to appreciate more fully the beautiful finish of the Miniatures produced by these gentlemen, who have been duped and imposed upon by quacks and pretenders who knew nothing of the art.
‘Oh! men, with sisters dear,
Oh! men, with mothers and wives,’
let not the opportunity now presented of obtaining accurate likenesses of these ‘dear objects of affection,’ pass unimproved. Call at the Daguerreotype Room, over Thompson & Ames’ Drug Store, and satisfy yourselves that we have not bestowed unmerited praise.
