N&T London oldest photo THEN August 16, 2023 1280 × 952 Seattle Now & Then: London’s oldest photo, 1839 THEN: An 1839 daguerreotype featuring the bronze equestrian statue of Charles I, the only English king charged with and executed for treason. Furthest in the line of buildings stands the Banqueting House, completed by Inigo Jones in 1621.