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.
by Lafayette
bromide print, 27 April 1885
NPG Ax36409
Theresa Susey Helen (née Talbot), Marchioness of Londonderry
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, circa 1886
NPG x128439
The daughters of King Edward VII
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1887
NPG x36203
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1887
NPG x12855
by Lafayette
postcard print, 1887
NPG Ax26433
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1887?
NPG x76054
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1887
NPG Ax26453
Frances Evelyn ('Daisy') Greville (née Maynard), Countess of Warwick
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, circa 1887
NPG x197422
Helen (née Duncombe), Viscountess D'Abernon; Hermione (née Duncombe), Duchess of Leinster
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1888
NPG x87002
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, circa 1888
NPG x134495
Hermione Wilhelmina Fitzgerald (née Duncombe), Duchess of Leinster
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, circa 1888
NPG x197347
Hermione Wilhelmina Fitzgerald (née Duncombe), Duchess of Leinster
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1888
NPG x197348
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
by Lafayette
bromide print, 1889
NPG Ax26421
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa April 1889
NPG Ax26435
Princess Victoria of Wales; Maud, Queen of Norway; Princess Louise, Duchess of Fife
by Lafayette
contact print, 1889
NPG Ax36414
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1889
NPG x29168
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale
by Lafayette
albumen cabinet card, 1889
NPG x29169
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa April 1889
NPG x36424
by Lafayette
bromide print, circa April 1889
NPG x36425
by Lafayette, published by Eglington & Co
carbon print, 1889, published 1891
NPG Ax5516
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