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This site has been compiled by Russell Harris [email protected]

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biography of James Stack Lauder (aka James Lafayette) founder of the studio
Development of the Lafayette Studio: an illustrated history of the rise and heyday of the Lafayette Studio in Dublin, London, and Manchester and contemporary views of the London sites
1897 article - use of chemicals in the studio atmosphere
medals won by Lauder/Lafayette - a background article with quotations from the photographic press, tracing the accumulation of medals won by the studio
The discovery of the negatives - the article from The Sunday Times, 24 July 1988 detailing the provenance of the negative collection
The Lafayette studio on Bond Street, London

 
Images from this collection in exhibitions

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Modern Exhibition History of the Lafayette Archive
2020 Muzeum Zamkowy w Pszczynie, Poland

Prezentacje na brytyjskim dworze 1898-1929 (Presentations at the British Court 1897-1929: Costume, Jewels, Status and Ritual in Court-Dress Photographs)
2018 Palace Museum in Książ, Poland. Od Kleopatry do Nelsona. Jubileuszowy bal kostiumowy królowej Wiktorii (From Cleopatra to Nelson: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball)
  Museum der Stadt Bad Ischl, Upper Austria Prinzessin Daisy von Pless: Die glückliche Jahre (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years).
2017 Muzeum Historyczne w Bielsku-Białej Daisy von Pless: Stastná léta (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
  Muzeum Opatow Od Kleopatry do Nelsona. Jubileuszowy bal kostiumowy królowej Wiktorii (From Cleopatra to Nelson: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball)
2015 Muzeum Zagłębia w Będzinie, Poland. Od Kleopatry do Nelsona. Jubileuszowy bal kostiumowy królowej Wiktorii (From Cleopatra to Nelson: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball)
  Muzeum Zamkowy w Pszczynie, Poland Od automobilu do samochodu(From Automobiles to Car: Early Portraits of the Motor-Car and Owner 1902-1905 and the early years of the motor car in Poland. Co-curator with Agnieszka Modrzejewski)
  Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum, Ratingen, Germany Von Kleopatra bis Nelson (Images from the Devonshire House Ball of 1897)
  Muzeum Miedzi w Legnicy, Poland Od Kleopatry do Nelsona. Jubileuszowy bal kostiumowy królowej Wiktorii (From Cleopatra to Nelson: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball)
2014 Stajnie Książęce w Pszczynie, Poland Od Kleopatry do Nelsona. Jubileuszowy bal kostiumowy królowej Wiktorii (From Cleopatra to Nelson: Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee Costume Ball)
2012 Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustrimuseum (National Museum of Decorative Arts) in Trondheim, Norway Drømmen om det Nære Orient og Vesten: En utstilling om kostymeballet ved Devonshire House i 1897 (Visions of Orient and Occident: The Devonshire House Ball of 1897)
2012 Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum, Ratingen, Germany Vom Glanz des europäischen Hochadels: Daisy von Pless und ihre Umwelt
2010 Levanger Museum, Norway Visions of Orient and Occident: The Devonshire House Ball of 1897
2009 Kravaře Palace, Czech Republic Daisy von Pless: Stastná léta (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
2009 Municipal Museum in Tychy, Poland Księżna Daisy von Pless: Szczęśliwe Lata (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
2008 Książ Palace, Poland Księżna Daisy von Pless: Szczęśliwe Lata (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
2008 National Gallery of Jordan, Amman, Jordan Visions of Orient and Occident: The Devonshire House Ball of 1897
2008 Częstochowa Museum, Poland Samochody Wytwornego Towarzystwa – Miodowe Lata Automobili 1902-1905. (The Lafayette Studio and Early Glamour Portraits of the Motor-Car 1902-1905)
2007 Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai The Lafayette Studio and the Maharajas
2007 Islamic Arts Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Neither East Nor West - The Lafayette Collection: Asia in the Age of Monochrome
2007 Castle Museum in Łańcut, Poland Księżna Daisy von Pless: Szczęśliwe Lata (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
2007 Castle Museum in Kozłówka, Poland Księżna Daisy von Pless: Szczęśliwe Lata (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years)
2007 Muzeum Inżynierii Miejskiej, Cracow, Poland Samochody Wytwornego Towarzystwa – Miodowe Lata Automobili 1902-1905. (The Lafayette Studio and Early Glamour Portraits of the Motor-Car 1902-1905)
2006 Muzeum Zamkowy w Pszczynie, Poland Księżna Daisy von Pless: Szczęśliwe Lata (Princess Daisy of Pless: The Happy Years) [Permanent exhibition]
2006 Mehrangarh Fort, Jodhpur, India The Lafayette Studio and the Maharajas
2005 Photomuseum des Landes Oberösterreich im Marmorschlößl, Bad Ischl, Austria “High Society”: Gesellschaftsfotografie aus dem Victoria & Albert Museum London (High Society: Images from the Devonshire House Ball of 1897)
2005 The Bucharest History Museum, Romania “Prinţii Autohtoni" Indieni la Londra 1897-1924 (India’s Ruling Princes in Studio Portraiture)
2005 The Fan Museum, Greenwich Presenting a Cooling Image: Fans from the Fan Museum and Portraits from the Lafayette Photographic Archive at the V&A
2004 The Bucharest History Museum
Porţile de Fier Museum, Turnu Severin, Romania
Museum of the Lower Danube, Călăraşi, Romania		 Universul Familiei Regale Române: Portrete din arhivele britanice (The Romanian Royal World: Images from British Archives)
2004 The Nehru Centre, London The Unforgettable Maharajas
2004 V&A Lecture Hall, London Guest speaker for the Association For Historical & Fine Art Photography
2001 National Portrait Gallery, London The Royal Courts of Europe (showcase exhibition)
2001 National Portrait Gallery, London Indian sitters in the Bassano Archive (showcase exhibition)
2001 British Council, New Delhi, Jaipur and Chandigarh, India The Lafayette Studio and the Maharajas
1999 British Council, Karachi and Peshawar, Pakistan Princely India in British Archives
 
 

 

This site has been compiled by Russell Harris [email protected].

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