Full length portrait of a seated woman and a standing young man (her son?). See also 13718. The woman faces slightly to her right, her hands in her lap hold a lace-edged white handkerchief. She wears jewelry; there are two bracelets on her right wrist, one gold and one dark band, there is a gold bracelet on her left wrist also. She wears a cameo brooch at her collar, in a gold mount, and a long gold chain hangs from this down the front of her dress. Her earrings are gold, and in three tiers. She wears a gold ring on her left hand, ring finger.He sits to her right with his left elbow resting on the arm of her chair. He wears a mid-colour suit (jacket, waistcoat, trousers) and holds a straw hat in his left hand. He has a white shirt and a pale cravat tie. He is clean-shaven. Lightly hand coloured and gilded highlights. Note there is gilded decoration on the frame.
Full length portrait of a seated woman and a standing young man (her son?). See also 13718. The woman faces slightly to her right, her hands in her lap hold a lace-edged white handkerchief. She wears jewelry; there are two bracelets on her right wrist, one gold and one dark band, there is a gold bracelet on her left wrist also. She wears a cameo brooch at her collar, in a gold mount, and a long gold chain hangs from this down the front of her dress. Her earrings are gold, and in three tiers. She wears a gold ring on her left hand, ring finger.He sits to her right with his left elbow resting on the arm of her chair. He wears a mid-colour suit (jacket, waistcoat, trousers) and holds a straw hat in his left hand. He has a white shirt and a pale cravat tie. He is clean-shaven. Lightly hand coloured and gilded highlights. Note there is gilded decoration on the frame.
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On paper label on verso: 'MAYALL'S / PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERIES. / 224, REGENT STREET (CORNER OF ARGYLE PLACE)/ LONDON. /OPEN AND FREE ADMISSION FROM TEN TILL DUSK. / Communications to be addressed to the secretary.'. Paper label over this 'G. Staples, Gilder & Frame maker, 86 Park Street, Camden Town, N W. Re-gilding equal to new.'
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.
orange paper printed with Mayall's details see below
Label annotations
On paper label on verso: 'Mayall's Photographic Portrait Galleries 224 Regent Street London'. Paper label over this 'G. Staples, Gilder & Frame maker, 86 Park Street, Camden Town, N W. Re-gilding equal to new.'
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