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John Jabez Edwin Mayall

(1813-1901), Photographer

Artist 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.

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John Goring, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax68072

John Goring

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax68072

Walter Kerr Hamilton, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax7479

Walter Kerr Hamilton

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7479

Dymoke of Dymoke of Scrivelsby, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax77197

Dymoke of Dymoke of Scrivelsby

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax77197

Frederick Sellwood Bowles, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG Ax9957

Frederick Sellwood Bowles

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax9957

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x24128

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG x24128

Charles Francis Adams Sr, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by  A. Marion, Son & Co - NPG x5776

Charles Francis Adams Sr

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x5776

Sir James Clark, 1st Bt, by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x6096

Sir James Clark, 1st Bt

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6096

Henry Compton (Charles Mackenzie), by John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x6340

Henry Compton (Charles Mackenzie)

by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x6340

'Group of Royal Family', by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall - NPG x132718

'Group of Royal Family'

by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718

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