Henry Collen

Henry Collen: self-portrait, miniature painting, 1825. (Courtesy of A.H. Stanton.)

Henry Collen (9 October 1797, Middlesex – 8 May 1879, Brighton) was an English miniature portrait painter to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and the Duchess of Kent. Later in life he turned to photography and was the first professional calotypist in London.