Henry Maull
Henry Maull (1829–1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals.
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Henry Maull
Maull Polybank, 55 Gracechurch Street, London This was a partnership of Henry Maull (1829–1914) and an unknown partner George Henry Polyblank or Polybank.(See London Gazette, 1865 p 2059 and Maull Po · Bonhams · Public domain
- Name
- Henry Maull
- Born
- 1829
- Birthplace
- England, UK
- Died
- 1914
- Field
- Photography
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Henry Maull (1829–1914) was a British photographer who specialised in portraits of noted individuals.
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Henry Maull (1829–1914) was a photographer, of British nationality. The photographer was born in Clerkenwell and died in Brighton. Henry Maull worked in London. Languages used include English.
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Key facts
• Name — Henry Maull • Born — 1829 • Birthplace — England, UK • Died — 1914 • Place of death — England, UK • Field — Photography
Biography
Biography
Maull was born in Clerkenwell, London, as the son of a tradesman. He married Eliza (born Islington 1831) and became a member of the Royal Photographic Society in 1870. Henry Maull formed several partnerships during his career: • 1856 – 8 March 1865: Maull & Polyblank in partnership with George Henry Polyblank. Other sources say it was established in 1854. • 1866–1872: Maull, Henry & Co • Illustration — John Young architect and surveyor, 1873 • 1873–1878: Maull & Co • Illustration — c. 1900 "Maull & Fox" portrait of Fanny Bullock Workman. • 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 26 October 1928 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. Maull operated studios at the following locations: • 62 Cheapside, City of London, March 1865 – 1871. • Tavistock House, 252 Fulham Road, Chelsea, March 1865 – 1869. • 187a Piccadilly, Westminster, March 1865 – 1871.
Works
Works
• Portraits of Members of Parliament by Maull and Polyblank, 163 photographs • Portraits of Victorian scientists, engineers, explorers etc, 58 photographs • Portraits of noted individuals, which were frequently published as engravings in the Illustrated London News • Photographs of Fellows from the mid-nineteenth century until the early twentieth century.
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Life and career
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1829
Henry Maull was born in 1829 at Clerkenwell.
1914
Henry Maull died in 1914 at Brighton.
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Clerkenwell.
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Brighton.
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Photographic Portraits of Living Celebrities
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, issued to subscribers over a period of forty-one months and eventually all published in a single volume (London, W. Kent, 1859. Vol. I). The issues published were: • 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
Royal Society commemorative portrait of Colonel William Yolland, Royal Engineers, Britain's Chief Inspector of Railways between 1877 and 1885
Henry Maull
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Maull Portrait Photograph Collection. The Royal Society. November 2017.
- 2.PhotoLondon biography.
- 3.London Gazette, 1865, p. 2059.
- 4.Maull & Polyblank.
- 5.House of Commons Library Photograph Albums. U.K. Parliament Archives.
- 6.John Hannavy, Encyclopaedia of 19th Century Photography, London: Routledge, 2013, p. 905.
- 7.London Gazette, 1928, p. 7493.
- 8.58 Studio portrait photographs of Victorian scientists, engineers, explorers etc. Science Museum Group. 1860–69.
- 9.Christine Woollett. The Maull photographic portrait collection held at The Royal Society. Notes Rec. R. Soc. 61. 69–74. October 2010. 10.1098/rsnr.2006.0169.
- 10.OCLC 14022227
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Bertie Polyblank. Maul & Polyblank and the Carte de Visite. Polyblank Society Occasional Newsletter. 3. September 1987.
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