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.
Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife; Louise, Queen of Denmark; Queen Alexandra
by Lafayette
albumen print, 6 July 1893
NPG P1700(2b)
by Lafayette
albumen print, 6 July 1893
NPG P1700(2c)
Frances Evelyn ('Daisy') Greville (née Maynard), Countess of Warwick
by Lafayette
albumen panel card, 1898
NPG P709
by Lafayette
albumen panel card, 1901
NPG P659
Royal Group including King George V and four of his children
by Lafayette
glossy purple brown-toned bromide print on green mount, 9 November 1902
NPG P500
by Lafayette
printing-out paper print, 11 August 1902
NPG P1700(75c)
by Lafayette
matte bromide print, 7 February 1910
NPG P1293
Sidney James Webb, Baron Passfield; Beatrice Webb
by Lafayette
vintage copy print, 1924
NPG P1292(85)
by Lafayette, after Vernon Heath
bromide print, (1863)
NPG Ax26440
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra
by Lafayette, after Vernon Heath
bromide print, (1863)
NPG Ax26441
Sarah Helena Latham (née White)
by Lafayette
cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x19892
Sarah Helena Latham (née White)
by Lafayette
cabinet card, 1870s-1900s
NPG x19893
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
copy by Lafayette
copy print, (circa 1870s)
NPG x47099
William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley
copy by Lafayette
copy print, (1870s)
NPG x47100
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, circa 1870s
NPG x159091
John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer
by Lafayette
gelatin silver print, 1882-1885
NPG x198598
Lillie Langtry as Pauline in 'The Lady of Lyons'
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1884-1885
NPG x76410
by George Lafayette (George Marsh Lauder), for Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, April 1885
NPG x29182
King Edward VII; Queen Alexandra
by Lafayette
postcard print, 1885
NPG Ax26439
by Lafayette
bromide print, 27 April 1885
NPG Ax29368
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