John Jabez Edwin Mayall

(b Manchester, 17 Sept 1813; d Southwick, nr Brighton, 6 March 1901). English photographer, active in the USA. He became established as a daguerreotypist in Philadelphia, PA, but returned to England in 1846, rapidly emerging as one of the top daguerreotypists in London. His association with the USA was tenacious; even Queen Victoria, a regular patron, said of him: 'the oddest man I ever saw...but an excellent photographer...he is an American'. She was not alone in her observation of Mayall's eccentric but charismatic behaviour.

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Mayall, John Jabez Edwin (originally Meal; 1810-1901), British daguerreotypist who began his career in Philadelphia. With his partner, Samuel Van Loan, Mayall operated from 140 Chestnut Street in 1845-6, until his return to London, where he opened, at 433 The Strand, ‘The American Daguerreotype Institution’, styling himself ‘Professor High-School’ (or Highschool). Photographer by appointment to Queen Victoria and creator of iconic images of 19th-century Britain and British notables, Mayall ran numerous studios in London and later Brighton, where he became mayor in 1877. Several of his sons also became photographers, using the business name Mayall.

— Kelley E. Wilder

Victoria and Albert, the Prince Consort, 1861, John Jabez Edwin Mayall V&A Museum no. 3505-1953

Queen Victoria Photograph by Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall (1813 in Oldham, Lancashire – 1901) was an English photographer who is noted as taking the first photographs of a British monarch, Queen Victoria, in 1860.^[1]

1. ^ The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1. 

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