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.
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 December 1861
NPG x24131
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 December 1861
NPG x24132
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 December 1861
NPG x26105
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1 December 1861
NPG x26106
Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, February 1861
NPG x26110
Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux with his nephew
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG x4722
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 1861
NPG x6829
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1 December 1861
NPG x6849
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1861
NPG Ax129008
Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1862
NPG Ax77099
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1863
NPG x20136
Lizzie Weston (née Elizabeth Jackson) as Medea in 'The Golden Fleece'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by A. Marion & Co
albumen print, 1863
NPG x21246
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen carte-de-visite, 8 April 1864
NPG Ax9923
Fanny Stirling as Mrs Candour in 'The School for Scandal'
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall
albumen print, 1864; published 1864-1865
NPG x196210
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG x20465
by John Jabez Edwin Mayall, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1883
NPG x134531
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