John Jabez Edwin Mayall
(1813-1901), PhotographerArtist associated with 509 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.
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x36370
Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia with her two eldest children
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia with her two eldest children
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x131291
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1861
NPG x131292
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x15130
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on publisher's mount, 1861
NPG x15138
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG x15133
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG x15131
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
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Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on publisher's card mount, 23 July 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 23 July 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 23 July 1861
NPG x5968
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 23 July 1861
NPG x16479
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, July 1861
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Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46715
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46712
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax46711
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46713
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax46714
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15569
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15726
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26131
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax47002
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x132275
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on photographer's mount, 1861
NPG Ax7290
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on photographer's mount, 1861
NPG Ax7291
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on photographer's mount, 1861
NPG Ax7292
John Singleton Copley, Baron Lyndhurst
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print on photographer's mount, 1861
NPG x132391
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1861
NPG x4292
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x26100
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax38629
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 June 1861
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Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax9578
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG Ax9580
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG Ax9581
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 March 1861
NPG Ax9582
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1 December 1861
NPG Ax9599
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 June 1861
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Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x15570
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x24135
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 March 1861
NPG x24136
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 March 1861
NPG x24137
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26102
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG x26127
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26132
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x36353
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4316
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4317
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print, 1861
NPG x4322
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x4721
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG x6054
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x6056
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x134659
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x46991
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG x38888
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