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Dalrymple House, Chapel Street
Smith, John, 1927, Photograph
Dalrymple House, Chapel Street
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18159
Title
Dalrymple House, Chapel Street, now a part of Messrs Miller & Richards Type Founder, Nicolson Street
Artist / maker
Smith, John
Date
1927
Size
11.5 x 7.0 cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
This is a photograph from the book 'Origin, nomenclature and location of various houses and streets in Edinburgh'.
Miller & Richard were a world famous Edinburgh type foundry. The firm supplied type to print firms all over the globe. The company was established by William Miller, who had trained at Alexander Wilson's foundry in Glasgow.
In 1809 he began operations out of Reikies Court, just off Nicolson Street. It expanded to take in the surrounding buildings including a chapel, a school, a lying-in hospital and finally a street was roofed over to make a woodworking shop.
By 1825 the company was type founders for His Majesty of Scotland and when he was joined by his son-in-law Walter Richard in 1838 the firm became Miller & Richard.Miller & Richard founded a strong reputation of typographic innovation. They were responsible for founts such as the Miller & Richard Oldstyle and its boldface, now known as Old Style or Century Oldstyle; and Antique Old Style, or Bookman. The foundry closed in 1952, when the designs passed to the English company Stephenson Blake.
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