Daguerreotype: 1950-38 1853-01-12-1855-05

Collection: National Media Museum, United Kingdom i
Language: English
Type: Other
Deeplink: http://www.daguerreobase.org/en/type/3c18400e-33c0-eae0-dfb4-d1e8aaf85a94

Identification

1950-38

Dated

Source: Date of patent and date closed 433 West Strand studio.
Begin: 1853-01-12
End: 1855-05

Image description

Half-length portrait of a young man wearing a jacket, shirt and bow tie. Mid-length hair in a side parting. He leans on a surface directly in front of him with his right elbow. Plain background. Housed with a stereo-viewer built into the case.

Tags

young; portrait; man; jacket; shirt; bow tie; elbow; plain background; side parting; chair

Links

http://spartacus-educational.com/DSmayall.htm
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=2058
http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp53668/john-jabez-edwin-mayall
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Jabez_Edwin_Mayall

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Object

Subject location

City of Westminster

Identification

1950-38

Dated

Source: Date of patent and date closed 433 West Strand studio.
Begin: 1853-01-12
End: 1855-05

Number of plates

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

Subject name

Inscription

Embossed 224. REGENT ST (ARGYLL PLACE) MAYALL & 433. WEST STRAND. in gold on the viewer.

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

Stereo plates

Yes

Window size

Height: 63 mm / 2.48 inch
Width: 47 mm / 1.85 inch

Housing size

Height: 90 mm / 3.54 inch
Width: 128 mm / 5.04 inch
Depth: 13 mm / 0.51 inch

Window shape

Arch

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: National Media Museum, United Kingdom
Description: UK-INS-NMeM

Creator

Name: Mayall, John Jabez Edwin
notes: John Jabez Edwin Mayall erlernte 1840 die Daguerreotypie bei Dr. Paul B. Goddard in Philadelphia. Zwischen 1845 und 1846 arbeitete er dort in Partnerschaft mit dem bedeutenden Daguerreotypisten Samuel Van Loan. Dies sollte jedoch nur kurz dauern, denn schon im kommenden Jahr übersiedelte er nach London und eröffnete dort ein Atelier. In kurzer Zeit avancierte er zu einem der wichtigsten Photographen Englands. 1851 machte er mit Mammut-Daguerreotypien vom Londoner Kristallpalast von sich reden und errang auf der Weltausstellung eine Goldmedaille für diese Aufnahmen. Mayall, John Jabez Edwin Mayall, John Jabez Edwin Born in Oldham 1813. Died 06/03/1901. STUDIOS: 1. Lowther Arcade, 433 West Strand, Westminster April 1847 - May 1855. Aka American Daguerreotype Institution, run by ‘Professor Highschool’. Managed by John Edwin Mayall 1848 - 1852. 2. 224 Regent Street, Westminster July 1852 - 1866. Succeeded by John & Edwin Mayall. Managed by John Jabez Edwin Mayall 1852 - 1866. 3. 226 Regent Street, Westminster September 1856 - 1866. Managed by Dr Bushnell in 1860s. 4. 15 Argyll Place, Regent Street, Westminster 1858 - 1866. New suite of rooms opened November 1851. LITERATURE: Daguerreotype Institution mentioned in The Literary Gazette, April 10 1847 pp 280 - 281. “Professor Highschool of Philadelphia is about to open in the Strand a daguerreotype establishment…” It also mentions various portraits of famous people and views of Niagara Falls so some plates will pre-date this date. Employed Mansion as colourist October 1847 (previously employed by Kilburn). Crayon daguerreotypes advertised IN Times October 1850. Crayon daguerreotypes patent March 1853 (Athenaeum advert August 13 1853). 30 views of Great Exhibition advert IN Times September 15 1851. Great Exhibition 1851 award Class 10 No 291 (pp 239 - 240). Member of the Photographic Society (later The Royal Photographic Society) from 1857. Founder member of Solar Club February 1866. Fellow of Chemical Society. Fellow of Royal Microscopical Society. Exhibited own photos 1848. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Catalogue of daguerreotype panoramas, portraits of eminent persons etc. London, Daguerrotype Institution, 1848. Gernsheim, Incunabula 686; IN Humphrey's Journal Vol 4 October 1 1852 p 183 (Mayall's Regent Street studio, reprinted from Liverpool Mail); Humphrey's Journal Vol 5 February 1 1853 pp 313 - 314 (letter dated December 30 1852); Humphrey's Journal March 15 1853 (by Helios); Photography. Henry Morley & William Henry Wills. Photography. IN Household Words Vol 7 March 19 1853 pp 54 - 61 (chiefly on Mayall); Prospectus for Mayall's Daguerrotype Portrait Galleries. IN Reynold's Miscellany April 16 1853; T A W Buckley.

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Metal

Color

Grey

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: Unknown

Painted

Unknown

Case

Material

Wood and leather

Shape

Stereo plates

Parts

Cover and tray

Material decoration

Grainy; Grooves

Material colour

Dark red

Hinges

Material: Metal

Closure mechanism

Push-button

Rail decoration lid

Embossed

Tray retrainer material

Velvet

Tray retrainer color

Dark red

Clasps number

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks
Present: Unknown
Decoration present: Unknown

Cushion present

Unknown

Retainer

Present: Unknown

Insert

Present: Unknown

Interior tray retainer present

Unknown

Rails present

Unknown

Metal foil preserver present

Binding

Frame

Finishing paper

Backing

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: No
Strass: Unknown
Decoration: None

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Plate

Polishing lines
Annotation

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

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Before conservation