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Frances Sally Day (about 1816 - 1892) was a British painter and photographer. She was the first female photographer to work for Queen Victoria. Frances Sally Day was active in the firm of Messrs. Day of 14, Piccadilly, London. William Day, John Day and Joseph Day had started in business together as lithographers in the 1840s, adding photography to their skills during the 1850s. In 1860 the Austrian government successfully brought proceedings against them for lithographing several million bank notes for circulation in Hungary, signed by the revolutionary leader Louis Kossuth. A business partnership between Frances Sally Day, Thomas Day, Louisa Jane Day and Arthur Day was dissolved on 26 December 1861. In July 1859, Frances Sally Day took photographs of the royal family at their residence Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. The parents of Frances Sally Day were Hamilton Smith Day (1788 - 1870) and Frances Rachel Day (1796 - 1870). Frances Sally Day was the eldest of at least 8 children, having at least 4 younger sisters and 3 younger brothers (many siblings apparently remained unmarried, though at least her brother William born about 1819 married a MaryAnn Stevens). Frances Sally Day apparently lived all her life in London, the first half in the St Pancras area, and the second half in the Westminster area.

Frances Sally Day
Frances Sally Day (about 1816 - 1892) was a British painter and photographer. She was the first female photographer to work for Queen Victoria. [1] Frances Sally Day was active in the firm of Messrs. Day of 14, Piccadilly, London. William Day, John Day and Joseph Day had started in business together as lithographers in the 1840s, adding photography to their skills during the 1850s. In 1860 the Austrian government successfully brought proceedings against them for lithographing several million bank notes for circulation in Hungary, signed by the revolutionary leader Louis Kossuth. A business partnership between Frances Sally Day, Thomas Day, Louisa Jane Day and Arthur Day was dissolved on 26 December 1861. [2] In July 1859, Frances Sally Day took photographs of the royal family at their residence Osborne House on the Isle of Wight.[3]

The parents of Frances Sally Day were Hamilton Smith Day (1788 - 1870) and Frances Rachel Day (1796 - 1870). Frances Sally Day was the eldest of at least 8 children, having at least 4 younger sisters and 3 younger brothers (many siblings apparently remained unmarried, though at least her brother William born about 1819 married a MaryAnn Stevens). Frances Sally Day apparently lived all her life in London, the first half in the St Pancras area, and the second half in the Westminster area. [4]

[1] A Royal Passion: Queen Victoria and Photography, by Anne M Lyden, pub by Getty Publications, 2014. [2] www.paulfrecker.com site accessed 2015.03.17 [3] www.royalcollection.org.uk site accessed 2015.03.18 [4] Censuses of 1851, 1871 & 1881