Artist

James Lafayette

Portrait of James Lafayette

Irish portrait, 1853–1923

James Lafayette was an Irish portrait artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

James Stack Lauder (1853–1923), known professionally as James Lafayette, was an Irish portrait photographer who was managing director of Lafayette Ltd, a company in Dublin specializing in society photographs, from 1898 to 1923. In 1887, he became the first Irish photographer to be granted a royal warrant.

Collections represented

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