John Jabez Edwin Mayall
John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall (17 September 1813 near Oldham, Lancashire – 6 March 1901 in Southwick, West Sussex) was an English photographer who in 1860 took the first carte-de-visite photographs of Queen Victoria. He is most well known for his 1875 portrait of Karl Marx.
John Jabez Edwin Mayall | |
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Self-portrait of Mayall (daguerreotype, c. 1844) | |
| Born | September 17, 1813 Oldham, United Kingdom |
| Died | March 6, 1901 (aged 87) Southwick, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 1841−1888 |
Born into a Baptist family on 17 September 1813, at Chamber Hall, near Oldham in the county of Lancashire, his birth name was registered as Jabez Meal. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Meal.
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