Lafayette
(active 1880-1962), PhotographersLafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
Artist associated with 6908 portraits
The first Lafayette studio was founded in Dublin in 1880 by James Stack Lauder, the eldest son of Edmund Lauder, who opened a daguerreotype studio there in 1853. Lafayette met immediate success, exhibiting his work and winning prize medals throughout the world. Lauder joined the Royal Photographic Society in 1884 and in 1885 took his first royal sitting when Princess Alexandra visited Ireland. Two years later he photographed Queen Victoria in Windsor. Other branches were opened in Glasgow (1890), Manchester (1892) and Belfast (1900), but the London branch that opened in 1897 became the centre of the business, which was floated on the Stock Exchange in 1898. It continued trading until 1952.
Lady Winefride Mary Elizabeth Elwes (née Feilding)
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 31 October 1933
NPG x48547
Lady Winefride Mary Elizabeth Elwes (née Feilding)
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 31 October 1933
NPG x48548
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 2 November 1933
NPG x48553
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 2 November 1933
NPG x48554
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 2 November 1933
NPG x48555
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 3 November 1933
NPG x48556
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 3 November 1933
NPG x48557
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 3 November 1933
NPG x48558
Sir David Percival Dalbreck Wilkie
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 3 November 1933
NPG x48559
Sir David Percival Dalbreck Wilkie
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 3 November 1933
NPG x48560
Forster Herbert Martin Maynard
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 6 November 1933
NPG x48562
Forster Herbert Martin Maynard
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 6 November 1933
NPG x48563
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 18 November 1933
NPG x48567
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 18 November 1933
NPG x48569
Hon. Lena Barbara Joan Onslow (née Ogilvie-Grant)
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 20 November 1933
NPG x48570
Hon. Lena Barbara Joan Onslow (née Ogilvie-Grant)
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 20 November 1933
NPG x48571
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 20 November 1933
NPG x48572
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 20 November 1933
NPG x48573
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 20 November 1933
NPG x48574
Comments back to top
We are currently unable to accept new comments, but any past comments are available to read below.
If you need information from us, please use our Archive enquiry service . Please note that we cannot provide valuations. You can buy a print or greeting card of most illustrated portraits. Select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Buy a Print button. Prices start at around £6 for unframed prints, £16 for framed prints. If you wish to license an image, select the portrait of interest to you, then look out for a Use this image button, or contact our Rights and Images service. We digitise over 8,000 portraits a year and we cannot guarantee being able to digitise images that are not already scheduled.