MOULE (Handley Carr Glyn, 1841-1920, from 1901 Bishop of Durham)

Postcard photo by Lafayette.signed “Handley Dunelm” showing him head and shoulders in his bishop’s robes, 5½” x 3½”, no place, no date, circa

Moule was an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from December 1898 until her death in January 1901, then an Honorary Chaplain to Edward VII for a couple of months until he was appointed bishop. In November 1901 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford, where he had been a Professorial Fellow previously, and in December 1901 he received the degree Doctor of Divinity by diploma from the University of Durham.
The Lafayette studio was one of the earliest photographic businesses in the world. It was founded in Dublin in 1880 by James Stack Lauder, who used the professional name of James Lafayette. James was the eldest son of Edmund Lauder, a pioneering and successful photographer who had opened a daguerreotype studio in Dublin in 1853. In adopting the name 'Lafayette', James created a new image for the family business, seeking to prosper from the cachet of a French name: Paris was then the centre of the art world and of avant-garde photography in particular.

Item Date:  1903

Stock No:  42289      £125

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