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MAYALL, JOHN JABEZ EDWIN [1810-1901] Group of fourteen mounted albumen prints of CDV size of Queen Victoria and her family

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MAYALL, JOHN JABEZ EDWIN [1810-1901] Group of fourteen mounted albumen prints of CDV size of Queen Victoria and her family

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Lot 652
MAYALL, JOHN JABEZ EDWIN [1810-1901] Group of fourteen mounted albumen prints of CDV size of Queen Victoria and her family, about 18...
, about 1860. Housed in a green leather portfolio with the Royal arms. Images generally 3 3/8 x 2 1/2 inches, mounted to a sheet of India paper lettered "Photographed from life by Mr. Mayall 224 Regent St.", that inset into card 15 x 11 inches (39 x 29 cm). Some toning and foxing to mounts, the images generally with excellent tones.
Mayall, an American photographer who relocated to London in 1846. He initially ran a daguerreotype studio, and rapidly gained celebrity as a photographer of the great and good. These portraits of the Royal household were issued as a carte-de-visite album, apparently in a significant quantity, though these appear rare today. The photograph of the young Prince of Wales dates from about 1856.

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Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)

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Estimate: $600 - $900
Sold for $406 (includes buyer's premium)
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