Henry Maull
Henry Maull | |
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Born | 1829 England, UK |
Died | 1914 (aged 84–85) England, UK |
Known for | Photography |
Henry Maull (1829–1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals.
Biography
[edit]Maull was born in Clerkenwell as the son of a tradesman.[1] He married Eliza (b Islington 1831) and became a member of the Royal Photographic Society in 1870.[2]
Henry Maull formed several partnerships during his career:[1]
- 1856 - 8 March 1865: Maull & Polyblank[3][4] in partnership with George Henry Polyblank. Other sources say it was established in 1854.[5]
- 1866-1872: Maull, Henry & Co
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- 1873-1878: Maull & Co
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- 1879-1885: Maull & Fox, in partnership with John Fox (1832 - 1907).[6] The studio continued under the original name by others and moved to 200 Gray's Inn Road. It was officially closed on 26 October 1928[7] and the final creditors' meeting was held on 30 November 1928. The firm was taken over by the Graphic Photo Union, which in turn was taken over by Kemsley Newspapers.[2]
Maull operated studios at the following locations:[2]
- 62 Cheapside, City of London March 1865 - 1871.
- Tavistock House, 252 Fulham Road, Chelsea March 1865 - 1869.
- 187a Piccadilly, Westminster March 1865 - 1871.
Works
[edit]- Portraits of Members of Parliament by Maull and Polyblank, 163 photographs[5]
- Portraits of noted individuals, which were frequently published as engravings in the Illustrated London News[4]
- Photographs of Fellows from the mid-nineteenth century until the early twentieth century.[1][8]
Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities
[edit]Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities was published from 1856 to 1859, featuring forty individual portraits with accompanying biographies by Herbert Fry, Pts 1 - 4; later parts by Edward Walford,[9] issued to subscribers over a period of forty-one months and eventually all published in a single volume London, W. Kent, 1859. Vol I[2][4]
The issues published were:[2]
- May 1856. Professor Owen
- June 1856. Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay
- July 1856. Robert Stephenson
- August 1856. John Arthur Roebuck
- September 1856. Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet
- October 1856. Edward Hodges Baily
- November 1856. Samuel Warren (British lawyer)
- December 1856. Professor Thomas Graham
- January 1857. Edward Matthew Ward
- February 1857. Lord Campbell
- March 1857. George Cruikshank
- April 1857. Rowland Hill
- May 1857. Sir William Fenwick Williams
- June 1857. William P. Frith
- July 1857. Cardinal Wiseman
- August 1857. Lord Brougham
- September 1857. Martin Farquhar Tupper
- October 1857. Michael Faraday
- November 1857. John Gibson (sculptor)
- December 1857. Earl of Rosse
- January 1858. Charles Kean
- February 1858. William Ewart Gladstone
- March 1858. Sir Archibald Alison
- April 1858. William Sterndale Bennett
- May 1858. David Livingstone
- June 1858. Earl of Aberdeen
- July 1858. Daniel Maclise
- August 1858. Lord Stanley
- September 1858. Dr Tait, Bishop of London (later Archbishop of Canterbury)
- October 1858. Austen Henry Layard
- November 1858. Clarkson Stanfield
- December 1858. Lord Panmure
- January 1859. John Baldwin Buckstone
- February 1859. Comte de Montalambert
- March 1859. Samuel Lover
- April 1859. Lord John Manners
- May 1859. Bishop of Oxford Samuel Wilberforce
- June 1859. Sir John Lawrence
- July 1859. Lord Colchester
- August 1859. Archbishop of Canterbury John Bird Sumner
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Maull Portrait Photograph Collection". The Royal Society. Retrieved 10 September 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d e "PhotoLondon biography". Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014.
- ^ London Gazette, 1865 p 2059
- ^ a b c "Maull & Polyblank". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2007.
- ^ a b "House of Commons Library Photograph Albums". U.K. Parliament Archives. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ Encyclopaedia of 19th Century Photography, John Hannavy, London, Routledge, 2013. p. 905
- ^ London Gazette, 1928 p 7493
- ^ Christine Woollett (9 January 2007). "The Maull photographic portrait collection held at The Royal Society". Notes Rec. R. Soc. 61: 69–74. doi:10.1098/rsnr.2006.0169. S2CID 145084311. Retrieved 10 September 2007. [dead link]
- ^ OCLC 14022227
Further reading
[edit]- Bertie Polyblank (September 1987). "Maul & Polyblank and the Carte de Visite". Polyblank Society Occasional Newsletter (3). illus of cdvs
External links
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