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.
Catherine Dickens (née Hogarth)
by Edwin Roffe, after Daniel Maclise, and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, published 1890 (circa 1848)
NPG D35175
Sir David Carrick Robert Carrick-Buchanan
by Joseph Brown, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, published 1908
NPG D32709
by Joseph Brown, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
stipple engraving, published 1908
NPG D34107
Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson
issued by Sarony & Co, after M. Arnault, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (late 19th century, based on a work of 1864)
NPG D48932
by Daniel John Pound, after a photograph by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
line engraving
NPG D6864
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1866 (1855)
NPG x5619
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG x11966
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1857
NPG Ax38736
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax38602
Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax38628
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax77098
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax9592
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG x4193
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG x4858
Charles John Canning, Earl Canning
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x5618
Madame Céleste (Céline Céleste)
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG x5729
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x15132
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x15137
Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 March 1861
NPG Ax45712
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