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.
Hugh Vivian Champion de Crespigny
by Lafayette
half-plate nitrate negative, 14 April 1934
NPG x48727
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1934
NPG x49926
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 11 June 1934
NPG x49927
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 November 1934
NPG x49929
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 November 1934
NPG x49931
by Lafayette
whole-plate film negative, 8 November 1934
NPG x49932
by Lafayette
whole-plate nitrate negative, 27 November 1934
NPG x49936
by Lafayette
whole-plate nitrate negative, 27 November 1934
NPG x49937
by Lafayette
whole-plate nitrate negative, 27 November 1934
NPG x49938
by Lafayette
whole-plate nitrate negative, 27 November 1934
NPG x49939
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