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 Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134740
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and John & Charles Watkins, and Georg Emil Hansen
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134741
Queen Victoria with her family
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x134742
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s (May 1860)
NPG x24133
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x36267
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, May 1860
NPG Ax128902
King Edward VII; Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197200
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x197212
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen cabinet card, (May 1860)
NPG x197431
Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, April 1860
NPG Ax196505
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1860s
NPG Ax196818
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Queen Victoria
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG x26104
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG x26103
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG x17455
possibly by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG Ax27745
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860
NPG Ax18333
George Hamilton Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax5050
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG Ax5064
Frederick William Hervey, 2nd Marquess of Bristol
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, early 1860s
NPG Ax5073
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Messrs Marion
albumen print on printed paper mount, 1861 (May 1860)
NPG x24127
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