John Jabez Edwin Mayall (1813-1901), Photographer
Artist associated with 478 portraits
Born in 1813, John Jabez Edwin Mayall, né Jabez Meal, opened a daguerreotype studio in Philadelphia in the early 1840s. He soon moved to Britain where he helped to establish the American Daguerreotype Association in London. In 1851 he set up his own studio in London, photographing Queen Victoria and members of the royal family throughout the 1860s. Mayall became famous with his cartes-de-visite of the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince Consort, which sold tens of thousands of copies. Mayall left London for Brighton in the mid-1860s where he continued his photography and became involved in local politics. He died in London in 1901. The National Portrait Gallery holds more than 160 of his photographs.
Sir John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Bt
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
daguerreotype, circa 1848
NPG P660
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
by M. Arnault, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
chalk, (1864)
NPG 970
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
oil over albumen print, circa 1865
NPG P326
Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG Ax5073
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, mid-late 1850s
NPG Ax14809
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, 1850s
NPG x20022
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855
NPG x5617
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1855
NPG Ax5083
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x12462
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x12463
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x11967
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa late 1850s
NPG x12602
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857)
NPG x17067
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, (1857)
NPG x17068
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1857
NPG x11965
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG x16183
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1858
NPG x27396
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1859
NPG Ax39787
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1859
NPG Ax47004
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