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Lafayette

(active 1880-1962), Photographers

Lafayette (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.

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Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh as a gentleman of the time of Louis XIII, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41185

Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh as a gentleman of the time of Louis XIII

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 28 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41185

Duncan Dawson as Raoul de Nangis, Les Huguenots, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41187

Duncan Dawson as Raoul de Nangis, Les Huguenots

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41187

Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher as a gentleman of France, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41189

Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher as a gentleman of France

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 27 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41189

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41191

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 20 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41191

Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel as Velasquez, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41199

Sir Ernest Joseph Cassel as Velasquez

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41199

Lady Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu as Laura de Sade, A.D. 1300, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41201

Lady Alice Eleanor Louise Montagu as Laura de Sade, A.D. 1300

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 23 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41201

Hon. Alexander McDonnell as Mercutio, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41202

Hon. Alexander McDonnell as Mercutio

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41202

Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (née Balfour) after a picture by Romney, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41204

Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton (née Balfour) after a picture by Romney

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41204

Edward George Henry Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich as Lord Burleigh, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41218

Edward George Henry Montagu, 8th Earl of Sandwich as Lord Burleigh

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41218

Ferdinand James Anselm de Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild as Casimir Count Palatine, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41231

Ferdinand James Anselm de Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild as Casimir Count Palatine

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41231

Miss B. Forbes as Donna Lucrezia Arcalla, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41234

Miss B. Forbes as Donna Lucrezia Arcalla

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41234

Joseph Harry Lukach as Henri de Rohan, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41246

Joseph Harry Lukach as Henri de Rohan

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41246

Ludwig Neumann as Le Duc de Joyeuse (from the time of Henri III), by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41249

Ludwig Neumann as Le Duc de Joyeuse (from the time of Henri III)

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41249

John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden as Duc de Richelieu, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41272

John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden as Duc de Richelieu

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41272

Emily Theresa (née Villiers), Lady Ampthill as the Princess de Lamballe, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41278

Emily Theresa (née Villiers), Lady Ampthill as the Princess de Lamballe

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 27 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41278

Florence Anne (née Cole), Lady Delamere as Hortense Beauharnais, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41281

Florence Anne (née Cole), Lady Delamere as Hortense Beauharnais

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41281

George Cavendish-Bentinck as William, Baron Bentinck, A.D. 1643, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41286

George Cavendish-Bentinck as William, Baron Bentinck, A.D. 1643

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41286

William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough as Mercutio, by Lafayette, photogravure by  Walker & Boutall - NPG Ax41056

William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough as Mercutio

by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41056

Baron Adolph de Meyer, by Lafayette - NPG x88531

Baron Adolph de Meyer

by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 2 July 1897
NPG x88531

Queen Victoria, by Lafayette - NPG x197429

Queen Victoria

by Lafayette
woodburytype cabinet card, 17 May 1897
NPG x197429

Adela (née Grant), Countess of Essex, by Lafayette - NPG x197463

Adela (née Grant), Countess of Essex

by Lafayette
gelatin silver printing-out paper cabinet card, late 1890s
NPG x197463

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