John Jabez Edwin Mayall

John Jabez Edwin Paisley Mayall 17 September 1813 most 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. Perhaps his most well known conviction today is his 1875 portrait of Karl Marx.

Born into the Baptist family on 17 September 1813, at Chamber Hall, almost ]

By 1817 John Meal in addition to his breed were well at Lingards, near Huddersfield in the cloth manufacturing region of West Yorkshire. In Baine's Directory of 1822, Mayall's father, John Meal, is covered as a dyer in Linthwaite.

Giant daguerreotypes & microscopic portraits

In March 1849, Mayall exhibited "the largest daguerreotype portraits ever taken in 'England". In The Times newspaper of 1 July 1850, Mayall claimed that he could "take portraits from 30 inches in length down to the microscopic size."[] The Science Museum of London possesses a large daguerreotype portrait from this period which measures 29 inches by 25 inches.

He applied his skills in microphotography to do very small portraits which could be set in jewellery. A memorial ring in gold and black enamel, containing a microphotograph of Albert, Prince Consort, believed to clear been taken by Mayall in 1861, is held today in the Royal Family's Photograph Collection.