Henry Maull
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Henry Maull (1829–1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals.
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[edit] Biography
He 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-March 8 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
- 1873-1878: Maull & Co
- 1879-1885: Maull & Fox, in partnership with John Fox (1832 - 1907). The studio continued under the original name by others and moved to 200 Gray's Inn Road. It was officially closed on October 26 1928[6] and the final creditors' meeting was held on November 30 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.
[edit] Works
- 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][7]
[edit] Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities
Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities OCLC 14022227 was published from 1856 to 1859, forty individual portraits with accompanying biographies by Herbert Fry (Pts 1 - 4; later parts by Edward Walford), issued to subscribers over a period of forty-one months and eventually all published in a single volume London, W. Kent, 1859. Vol I[4][2]
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
- 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
- December 1857. Earl of Rosse
- January 1858. Charles Kean
- February 1858. W E 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. Bishop of London Dr Tait
- October 1858. Austen Layard
- November 1858. Clarkson Stansfield
- 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
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Maull Portrait Photograph Collection. The Royal Society. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ^ a b c d e Google Cache of PhotoLondon biography
- ^ London Gazette, 1865 p 2069
- ^ a b c Maull & Polyblank
- ^ a b House of Commons Library Photograph Albums. U.K. Parliament Archives. Retrieved on 2007-09-10.
- ^ London Gazette, 1928 p 7493
- ^ Christine Woollett (January 9, 2007). "The Maull photographic portrait collection held at The Royal Society". Notes Rec. R. Soc. 61: pp.69–74. doi:.
[edit] Further reading
- Bertie Polyblank (September 1987). "Maul & Polyblank and the Carte de Visite". Polyblank Society Occasional Newsletter (3).
