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John Jabez Edwin Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Mayall

British, 1813–1901
WA-00051085
Philadelphia
Photography
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
3
Works in Collection
40
Assets Indexed
1
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
80%
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Authority Records (1)

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1979
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Photography 1839�1937
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1937

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About

Why this artist matters now

John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall was an English photographer who in 1860 took the first carte-de-visite photographs of Queen Victoria. He also captured other famous people such as Charles Dickens and Karl Marx. His photograph of "Sergeant Dawson and his daughter" has been considered one of the most important photographs in history.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Museum Collections

Canonical record

Artworks (3)

Artwork sources (2)

3 published of 19 catalogued · 19 with image
  • Rijksmuseum
    3 published3 img
  • + 1 more source · 16 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources
  • Onversneden proefvel van cartes-de-visite-portretten
    1861 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Portret van een lachend meisje, Edith Abadam (?)
    1850 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
  • Portret van drie kinderen
    1850 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
    Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Record

Images

9 assets
Onversneden proefvel van cartes-de-visite-portretten (1861)
Rijksmuseum
Onversneden proefvel van cartes-de-visite-portretten (1861)
Rijksmuseum
Portret van een lachend meisje, Edith Abadam (?) (c. 1850 - c. 1865)
Rijksmuseum
Portret van drie kinderen (ca. 1850 - ca. 1865)
Rijksmuseum
James Buchanan (1856)
Smithsonian Institution
George Bancroft (c. 1847)
Smithsonian Institution
Untitled (Portrait of a Man at a 3/4 Angle) (1845)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Relationships

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Collections1
Art Institute of Chicago
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Representation & Collections

In collection
Art Institute of Chicago
Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group ExhibitionNineteenth-Century Photographs from the Arnold H. Crane Collection
New York · 1979
Group ExhibitionPhotography 1839�1937
New York · 1937