Lafayette

Lafayette Ltd was a photographic studio business that operated across the United Kingdom and Ireland from 1880 to 1952. According to Wikidata, its studios were located in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin, making it one of the more widely distributed portrait photography chains of the late Victorian and early twentieth-century period. The brand is associated with the Lafayette Negative Collection, a body of photographic negatives now held by the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. A dedicated archive website, lafayette.org.uk, has been set up to provide a catalogue to this collection, with images searchable online and all images copyright of the V&A Museum. The site was compiled by Russell Harris. The Lafayette name in this context refers specifically to the photographic studio enterprise, not to any other commercial or non-commercial namesake. The business ceased operations in 1952, and its surviving photographic output is preserved as a museum collection rather than as an active commercial brand.

Lafayette Ltd was a photographic studio business that operated from 1880 to 1952, with studios recorded in London, Glasgow, Manchester, Belfast and Dublin. The enterprise formed part of the commercial portrait photography industry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, serving clients across the United Kingdom and Ireland. Its photographic output survives in the form of the Lafayette Negative Collection, which is held by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. A catalogue website, lafayette.org.uk, was created to provide access to this collection, with images searchable online and all images copyright of the V&A Museum. The site was compiled by Russell Harris. The business ceased operations in 1952, and the Lafayette name in this context refers to the photographic studio enterprise rather than any other namesake.

• 1952

  Lafayette Ltd ceases operations.

• 1880

  Lafayette Ltd begins operations as a photographic studio business.

Historic photographic studio chain; its archive is preserved as a museum collection.

• Portrait photography

• Studio photography

• Photographic negatives

1. 1Welcome to the Lafayette Negative Archivelafayette.org.uk
2. 2Lafayette Ltd - Wikidatawikidata.org