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
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Charles Cecil John Manners, 6th Duke of Rutland
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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George William Frederick Brudenell-Bruce, 2nd Marquess of Ailesbury
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Constantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1863
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Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860-1864
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George Harry Grey, 7th Earl of Stamford
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7446
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Dymoke of Dymoke of Scrivelsby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
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Helen Newton (née Fitzroy); Gertrude Fitzroy (née Duncombe)
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
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Thomas Heron Jones, 7th Viscount Ranelagh
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x21989
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x38989
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG x24128
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen print, 1860s
NPG x5776
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x6096
Henry Compton (Charles Mackenzie)
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x6340
John Chippendale Montesquieu Bellew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x705
Antoine Marie Philippe Louis, duc de Montpensier
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x74339
by and after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, early 1860s
NPG x132718
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, April 1860
NPG Ax9751
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