Lafayette (founded 1880)
Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
Artist associated with 6538 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.
Frances Evelyn ('Daisy') Greville (née Maynard), Countess of Warwick
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen panel card, 1898
NPG P709
by James Lafayette (James Stack Lauder), for Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen panel card, 1901
NPG P659
Royal Group including King George V and four of his children
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
glossy purple brown-toned bromide print on green mount, 9 November 1902
NPG P500
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
matte bromide print, 7 February 1910
NPG P1293
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; (Martha) Beatrice Webb (née Potter), Lady Passfield
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
vintage copy print, 1924
NPG P1292(85)
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1863
NPG Ax26440
Queen Alexandra; King Edward VII
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 1863
NPG Ax26441
Sarah Helena Latham (née White)
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x19892
Sarah Helena Latham (née White)
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x19893
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
copy by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
copy print, (circa 1870s)
NPG x47099
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
copy by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
copy print, (1870s)
NPG x47100
by George Lafayette (George Marsh Lauder), for Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen cabinet card, April 1885
NPG x29182
Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton) as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen cabinet card, circa 1885
NPG x76410
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
postcard print, 1885
NPG Ax26439
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 27 April 1885
NPG Ax29368
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
bromide print, 27 April 1885
NPG Ax36409
Theresa Susey Helen Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Marchioness of Londonderry
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x128439
The daughters of King Edward VII
by James Lafayette (James Stack Lauder), for Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen cabinet card, 1887
NPG x36203
by James Lafayette (James Stack Lauder), for Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
albumen cabinet card, 1887
NPG x12855
by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd)
postcard print, circa 1887
NPG Ax26433
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