[2] He was invited to do so by John Brooks and they initially worked together, trying to break a London monopoly on mezzotint engraving.
[3] Miller's Dublin plates, which are dated from 1743 to 1756, were mostly published by himself "on Hog Hill, near the Round Church", and some bear also the address of Michael Ford.
They included:[2] An engraving of Charles Lucas, after William Jones, saw Miller in political trouble.
Lucas was an opposition figure, and Miller also supported him in print, in the newsletter of James Esdall.
[5] Some of Miller's portraits are copies of prints by Jacobus Houbraken, George Vertue, and others:[2] he was known for plagiarism.