Kilburn
(William Edward Kilburn)
222 Regent Street
London, England
In April 1847 William Edward Kilburn made the first daguerreotype portrait of Queen Victoria (1). His brother Douglas Thomas Kilburn (c.1812-1871) was a photographer in Melbourne in 1848.
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Captain Leggett, 69th Regiment.
(1) It is thought the first photograph of the Queen was taken by Henry Collen, using the Calotype technique, some time in 1844. Queen Victoria: a biographical companion by Helen Rappaport, page 293 - Google Books
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