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.
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
On display in Room 22 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 23 July 1861
NPG x197110
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG Ax196500
Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
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Victoria, Empress of Germany and Queen of Prussia
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, July 1861
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Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, circa 1861
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Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG Ax196513
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
NPG Ax196517
Princess Helena Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, February 1861
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Queen Victoria; Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26101
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x11878
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax17851
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax46706
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG Ax5080
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
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Edward Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax29648
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax30379
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax17859
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x17066
Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x17062
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x21355
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, November 1862
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King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1862
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, November 1862
NPG x12841
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x46575
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1862
NPG x14380
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1862
NPG x14381
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax46810
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax7466
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
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Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x11965
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862 or before
NPG x4718
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 April 1862
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Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG Ax46258
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x134642
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
after John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862 or before
NPG x4720
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1862
NPG x197193
Album introductory carte-de-visite with members of the Royal Family
by Ashford Brothers & Co, after John Jabez Edwin Mayall, and Ghémar Frères, and (Octavius) Charles Watkins, and Émile Desmaisons, and Unknown photographers
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG x197214
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax5075
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, July 1863
NPG Ax17135
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863 or before
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King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 March 1863
NPG Ax24156
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 March 1863
NPG Ax24173
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 18 March 1863
NPG Ax24175
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
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Charles James Mathews in 'Un Anglais Timide', otherwise 'Cool as a Cucumber'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x21237
Charles James Mathews in 'Un Anglais Timide', otherwise 'Cool as a Cucumber'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1863
NPG x21238
Charles James Mathews in 'Un Anglais Timide', otherwise 'Cool as a Cucumber'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG x21239
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 18 March 1863
NPG Ax46731
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 18 March 1863
NPG Ax46733
King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
hand-coloured albumen carte-de-visite, 1863
NPG Ax46730
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1863
NPG x36348
Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion, Son & Co
albumen carte-de-visite, May 1863
NPG x26124
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