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.
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 22 January 1934
NPG x48675
Philippa Mabel (née Taylor), Lady Hulse
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 23 January 1934
NPG x48677
Philippa Mabel (née Taylor), Lady Hulse
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 23 January 1934
NPG x48678
Priscilla Muthoni Avern Davies (née Leakey); Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 25 January 1934
NPG x48679
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 26 January 1934
NPG x48680
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 26 January 1934
NPG x48681
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 29 January 1934
NPG x48682
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 29 January 1934
NPG x48683
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 29 January 1934
NPG x48684
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48685
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48686
by Lafayette
half-plate film negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48687
Sir (Henry) Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48688
Sir (Henry) Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48689
Sir (Henry) Victor Alpin MacKinnon Raikes
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 30 January 1934
NPG x48690
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 8 February 1934
NPG x48695
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 8 February 1934
NPG x48696
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