The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G.

The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G.

1884

Joseph Parkin Mayall (1839-1922)

Photograph

Frederick Sanders Pulling, The Life and Speeches of the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G. (London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1885), frontispiece.

Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, third marquess of Salisbury (1830-1903), in the library of his family home, Hatfield House in Hertfordshire.

1885

February 29, 1896, by Joe Parkin Mayall, 67 Gascony Avenue, West Hampstead, London. Late of 548 Oxford Street, London, owner and author of the work.

Copyright description: "Photograph of The Marquis of Salisbury, in his Library at Hatfield House, seated holding book."

Three-quarter view of heavily bearded gentleman seated, both hands clasped on a book in his lap, in front of a wall of books.

“Notes on Art and Archaeology.” The Academy, no. 621 (March 29, 1884): 230-31. "MR. J. P. MAYALL, the photographer of Artists at Home, now being published by Messrs. Sampson Low, has recently taken an outdoor group, in the courtyard of Hatfield, comprising the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Duke of Argyll, the Bishop of St. Albans, and several of the young members of the Marquis’s family."

Morning News (London), August 13, 1884. "The success of 'Artists at Home,' now being published by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, & Co., has encouraged Mr. J. P. Mayall (Park Lane Studio) to extend the series to 'Statesmen at Home.' The photographs already taken for the work are Lord Salisbury in his library at Hatfield; Lord Carnarvon, who has recently sat, in his library at Highclere Castle, and Mr. Gladstone (Newspapers.com).

“Life and Speeches of Marquis of Salisbury, K. G.," Publishers’ Circular 47, no. 1140 (March 16, 1885): 264: "With a Photogravure Portrait of LORD SALISBURY, From a Photograph taken by J. P. Mayall in the Library at Hatfield House. Nearly ready, 2 vols. crown 8vo price 21s. THE Life and Speeches of the MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G. by F. S. Pulling, M.A. . . . Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington"

Public domain

Omeka record contributed by Linda Merrill

November 16, 2016

c. 1884

This is one of several photographs taken by Mayall for a planned but never published series of portraits, Statesmen at Home.

Cecil was elected prime minister for the first time in June 1885, only a few months after the publication of his biography, upon the resignation of W. E. Gladstone, and remained in office until January 1886. He was elected twice more and served as P.M. in 1886-92 and 1895-1902.

Mayall produced a second image of the Marquis of Salisbury, which he copyrighted on June 17, 1884. This was described on the application as "Photograph of the Marquis of Salisbury nearly profile face" (National Archives, COPY 1/368/249).

Presumably at a later date, Mayall photographed the Marchioness of Salisbury, Georgina Alderson (d. 1899), in two poses. Both were registered on December 10, 1895. The first was described as "Photograph of The Marchioness of Salisbury, nearly side face" (COPY 1/422/866), the second, "Photograph of The Marchioness of Salisbury, full length seated, nearly side face" (COPY 1/422/867).