Hand coloured, full length group portrait of a woman and four children (girls). The woman is seated (chair not visible) with the youngest girl sitting on her lap. The woman is wearing a black dress with white collar and fingerless gloves. Her hair is worn in a centre parting with a cap, which has long lappets. The youngest child on her lap wears pumps with straps, mid-calf socks, and a knee-length short sleeved dress. The second youngest child stands to the left of the mother's lap and wears a short sleeved plaid dress with pantaloons visible at the hem. Her hair is worn in short ringlets with a side parting. In her hands she holds a toy musket. Behind her stands the oldest girl to the left of the woman's shoulders. She wears a shawl around her shoulders and over her dress, with her right hand resting on her mother's left shoulder. She wears her hair in a middle parting. The second oldest girl stand to the right, leaning in towards the woman. She wears a layered dress with a shawl around her elbows. Her hair is worn in a middle parting with ringlets. Plain background.
hand coloured
group
portrait
woman
young
girl
lap
dress
fingerless gloves
centre parting
cap
lappet
pumps
sock
short sleeve
plaid
pantalon
side parting
toy
musket
ringlet
shawl
plain background
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IMAGE
daguerreotype
en
1847-04
1852-08
Mayall, John Jabez Edwin
Mayall, John Jabez Edwin
1813
1901
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.
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