James Ross

Professional Photographer

James Ross appeared in the trade directories under his own name at the following addresses. He was first described as a painter, later becoming a photographer:

TABLE 1 James Ross
1841	Portrait Painter living at 134 High Street
1844	Portrait & Landscape Painter in partnership with Robert Bishop. The partnership was also listed as "Photographers", though I cannot now trace where I found this listing.
1846-47	_ Calton Hill
1848-58	90 Princes Street ***
1859-64	_ East Powderhall
1865-66	_ Lothian Road
1866-67	_ Rutland Place
1867-70	114 George Street

Update

*** Thank you to Ron Cosens for sending me a copy of a carte de visite that appears to contradict the details in the table below.

- The carte de visit is dated (in ink) March 1865.

- The details printed on the back read:

JAMES ROSS

PHOTOGRAPHER

TO THE

QUEEN

90 Princes Street, Edinburgh

(LATE ROSS & THOMSON)

These are the addresses for Ross & Thomson that have appeared in the trade directories and on the backs of some of my cartes de visite:

TABLE 2 Ross & Thomson
1848-64	90 Princes Street
1856-58	80 Princes Street
?	Calton Hill	These addresses have appeared on the backs of cartes de visite, but have not appeared in Trade Directories.
?	10 Greenside Street
?	_ Lothian Road

It appears that the 'Ross & Thomson' Partnership came to an end around 1864, with James Ross staying on at the '90 Princes Street' studio until at least 1865 (as well as having a studio in Lothian Road in 1865.

With acknowledgement to Ron Cosens: July 5, 2015