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.
Frederic Glyn, 4th Baron Wolverton as King Richard Coeur de Lion
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 November 1897; published 1899
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Arthur Abraham David Sassoon as Chief of the Janissaries
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41047
Henry Holden as Will Somers, Court Jester to Queen Elizabeth
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41052
Probably (Sybil Aimée) Geraldine Webber (née Magniac) as Dawn
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41054
Amelia Catherine (née Bischoffsheim), Lady Fitzgerald as Marie Joséphe, Queen of Poland, A.D. 1737
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41055
Mary Frances ('Fanny') Ronalds (née Carter) as Euterpe
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41057
Maud Julia Mary (née Winn), Lady Stuart-Wortley as Madame La Motte
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41059
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41070
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41071
Montagu William Lowry Corry, Baron Rowton as Archbishop of Canterbury in the Elizabethan Procession
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 28 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41072
Louisa Augusta Beatrice (née Montagu), Countess of Gosford as Minerva (period of Louis XV)
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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Lawrence John Lumley Dundas, 2nd Marquess of Zetland when Earl of Ronaldshay as Sir Peter Teazle
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41079
Mary Theresa Olivia ('Daisy') (née Cornwallis-West), Princess of Pless as Cleopatra
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 29 December 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41085
Alexandra Harriet (née Paget), Lady Colebrooke as Roxana
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41087
Giles Stephen Holland Fox-Strangways, 6th Earl of Ilchester when Lord Stavordale as Petrarch
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41091
Arnold Morley as the Duc de Choiseul
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41093
Alice Maud Olivia (née Montagu), Countess of Derby when Lady Alice Stanley as Diana
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41103
Sir George Frederick Stanley as Maro (period of Louis XVI)
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 9 October 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41104
Hon. Frederick William Stanley in hunting dress (period of Louis XVI)
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41105
Constance (née Villiers), Countess of Derby as Duchess of Orleans
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41106
Lady Isobel Constance Mary Gathorne-Hardy (née Stanley) in hunting costume, period of Louis XVI
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41107
Walter Murray Guthrie as Cassio
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 5 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41110
Theresa Susey Helen (née Talbot), Marchioness of Londonderry as Maria Theresa
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 27 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41111
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41112
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 14 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41113
Corisande Evelyn Vere (née Guest), Lady Rodney as Queen Guinevere
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41114
George Rodney, 7th Baron Rodney as King Arthur of the Round Table
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41115
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41124
Charles Alfred Worsley Pelham, 4th Earl of Yarborough as a Russian Courtier
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41125
Adolf, Baron von André as Benvenuto Cellini
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 14 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41130
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41133
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 5 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41134
Mabel Edith (née Hood), Lady Ashburton as Enid in Tennyson's 'King Arthur'
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41135
Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton as Geraint
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41136
Guendoline Irene Emily Bourke (née Sloane-Stanley) as Salammbô
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 5 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41137
Hon. Algernon Henry Bourke as Izaak Walton
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41138
Windham Thomas Wyndham-Quin, 4th Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl as Cardinal Mazarin
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 28 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41140
Leonie Blanche (née Jerome), Lady Leslie as Brunhild
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41148
Lady Sophie Beatrix Mary Scott (née Cadogan) as Megaera
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 20 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41150
Emily Julia (née Cadogan), Lady Lurgan as Alecto
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 20 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41151
Helena Violet Alice (née Fraser), Countess of Stradbroke as Delilah
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41152
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41153
Ethel Adeline (née Pottinger), Lady Knaresborough as Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41156
Henry Meysey Meysey-Thompson, 1st Baron Knaresborough as John De Witt
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41157
Hilda Mary (née Dundas), Lady Southampton as Beatrice
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41158
Grosvenor Arthur Alexander Hood, 5th Viscount Hood as Sir Galahad
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41159
Lucy Charlewood Cole-Hamilton (née Thorold) as Amy Robsart
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41160
Claud George Cole-Hamilton as Edmund Tressilian
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41161
Gordon Chesney Wilson as a Captain in the Blues, 1680
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41167
Anne Emily (née Spencer-Churchill), Duchess of Roxburghe as Bess of Hardwick
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 27 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41168
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41169
Georgiana Elizabeth (née Spencer-Churchill), Countess Howe when Lady Curzon as Maria Leszczynska
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 6 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41170
Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe when Viscount Curzon as Admiral Earl Howe
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41171
Mabel Susan (née Forbes), Lady St Oswald as Duchessa di Caluria, a Venetian Lady of the XVI Century
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 6 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41172
Rowland Winn, 2nd Baron St Oswald as an officer of the Regiment de Pondichery, 1772
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41173
Stephen Frederick Wombwell as George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41176
Catherine Dorothea Mary Grosvenor (née Simeon) as Marie Louise
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41177
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41179
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41180
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 6 July 1897; published 1899
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