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.
Isabella Maria Katherine (née Anson), Countess Howe as Lady Howe, A.D. 1796, after Gainsborough
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 7 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41182
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
Gwendoline Sophia Alice Lowther (née Sheffield) as Madame de Tallion (Incroyable)
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41186
Duncan Dawson as Raoul de Nangis, Les Huguenots
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41187
Eleanor Frances Weston (née Van de Weyer), Viscountess Esher when Hon. Mrs Brett as Manon Lescaut
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41188
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
photogravure, 20 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41191
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41194
Beatrix Maud (née Cecil), Countess of Selborne after a picture of Lady Percy by Vandyk at Hatfield
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41196
William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne as an officer of the Duke of Marlborough's Army
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41197
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
photogravure, 23 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41201
Hon. Alexander McDonnell as Mercutio
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41202
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 17 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41203
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
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41218
Margaret (née Lygon), Lady Ampthill as a Lady-in-Waiting at the Court of King Arthur
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41219
(Arthur) Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill as a Knight of King Arthur's Round Table
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41220
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41221
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41227
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41230
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
Rosamond Jane Frances (née Spencer-Churchill), Lady de Ramsey as Lady Burleigh
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41232
Sir Ralph Barrett Macnaghten, 9th Bt as Jerome Buonaparte, King of Westphalia
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41233
Miss B. Forbes as Donna Lucrezia Arcalla
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41234
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
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by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
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by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41239
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41240
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
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41249
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41250
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 17 September 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41253
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 10 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41257
Clarisse Bischoffsheim (née Biedermann) as Anne of Austria, wife of Louis XIII of France
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41259
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41262
Rose Pepys (née Nevill), Countess of Cottenham as Duchesse de Villars from the time of Louis XV
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 3 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41264
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41265
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41268
John Charles Pratt, 4th Marquess Camden as Duc de Richelieu
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 26 August 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41272
Beatrix Jane (née Craven), Countess Cadogan as Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia (after Honthorst)
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 22 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41275
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
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41281
Lady Ethel Maud Warrender (née Ashley-Cooper) as Duchesse de Lauzun, La Grande Mademoiselle
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41285
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
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41056
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41284
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
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by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41122
Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery as a gentleman of the XVIIIth Century
by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 20 August 1897
NPG x88530
by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 2 July 1897
NPG x88531
Edith Amelia (née Ward), Lady Wolverton as Britannia
by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 1897
NPG x88532
Mary Theresa Olivia ('Daisy') (née Cornwallis-West), Princess of Pless as Cleopatra
by Lafayette
contact print on gold-toned printing-out paper, 29 December 1897
NPG x88533
by Lafayette, photogravure by Walker & Boutall
photogravure, 2 July 1897; published 1899
NPG Ax41207
Mary Theresa Olivia ('Daisy') (née Cornwallis-West), Princess of Pless as Cleopatra
by Lafayette
panel card, 29 December 1897
NPG x87585
Frances Evelyn ('Daisy') Greville (née Maynard), Countess of Warwick as Marie Antoinette
by Lafayette
watercolour on ivory, (20 July 1897)
NPG x133158
Mary Theresa Olivia ('Daisy') (née Cornwallis-West), Princess of Pless
by Lafayette
photogravure, 1897
NPG Ax161374
by Lafayette
woodburytype cabinet card, 17 May 1897
NPG x197429
Adela (née Grant), Countess of Essex
by Lafayette
gelatin silver printing-out paper cabinet card, late 1890s
NPG x197463
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