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.
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x26114
Francis Wemyss-Charteris, 9th Earl of Wemyss
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax7432
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x38977
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x11822
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
carbon print, 1860s
NPG x87317
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Queen Victoria
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46703
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Queen Victoria
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax47001
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany; Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG x45774
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1861 (May 1860)
NPG Ax46702
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46710
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1 December 1861 (May 1860)
NPG Ax7263
Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax26212
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax26215
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860
NPG Ax26217
Princess Beatrice of Battenberg
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1860
NPG Ax26220
Helena Augusta Victoria, Princess Christian; Princess Louise Caroline Alberta, Duchess of Argyll
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 July 1860
NPG Ax26221
Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Baron Carlingford and 2nd Baron Clermont
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s-1870s
NPG Ax39910
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, late 1860s (May 1860)
NPG Ax46157
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1860
NPG Ax46271
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax47078
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