La Fayette Collection

Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge

Lafayette Square, Buffalo, New York State, USA Date: circa 1910s

FRANCE. ΌE-DE-FRANCE. PARIS. Paris. Galleries
FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. PARIS. Paris. Galleries Lafayette. Dome. Architecture

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Gilbert Motie Motier, marquis de (1757-1834). Franch aristocrat and military man, of liberal ideology

Haiti, a drama of the black Napoleon, by William Du Bois, Lafayette Theatre. Poster showing stylized black Napoleon. Date 1938

Uncle Sam shaking hands with the marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834). America entered the war April 2, 1917. Date 1917

Staten Island and the Narrows: from Fort Hamilton. Date c1861. Publisher by Currier & Ives. Staten Island and the Narrows: from Fort Hamilton. Date c1861. Publisher by Currier & Ives

Lafayette. Print shows the Marquis de Lafayette, full-length portrait, in uniform. Date 1851

The breaking point. A heavy load for an old woman. Lafayette St. below Astor Pl. NY Location: New York, New York (State). Date 1912 February

Summer residence of Lafayette. Marquis de Lafayette and wife(?) with dog by body of water, on which are people in boats and swans. Date c1882

Lafayette Boulevard, Toulouse, France. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Lafayette Monument, Washington. Date c1898

The cradle of the G. O. P. First Republican convention held at
The cradle of the G.O.P. First Republican convention held at LaFayette Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 22d 1856. Print shows exterior

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis
Surrender of Lord Charles, Marquis of Cornwallis at the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia on October 19th 1781 with Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier

Abdication Demanded 2
Angered by Louis attempt to quit the country, the people of Paris at a meeting on the Champ de Mars demand that he abdicate. Lafayette quells the riot with a fusillade. Date: 17 July 1791

French Revolution 1791
The Affaire des Poignards ( Affair of the daggers ) - royalist Chevaliers du Poignard attempt a coup at the Palais des Tuileries but are foiled by Lafayette. Date: 28 February 1791

Riot at Vincennes
An attack on the royal chateau of Vincennes, south-east of Paris, could have led to another Bastille event but for the intervention of Lafayette and his guards. Date: 18 February 1791

Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, 1865
Engraving showing the interior of Fort Lafayette, New York Harbour, during the American Civil War. This image, made in 1865, shows the sentries on duty and fortifications in place

Lafayette Feted in Lyon
M.J.P.Y.R.G DU M DE LAFAYETTE feted by the people of Lyon i n 1828

Lafayette Satire
M.J.P.Y.R.G DU M DE LAFAYETTE caricatured as he cosies up to madame de Bailly, wife of the mayor of Paris : a hero to many French people, he also has many critics and enemies

Women at Versailles 4
Alarmed by the mob at Versailles, Louis (out hunting) returns rapidly, while Lafayette restores order. The king agrees to talk to the market-women

Abdication Demanded
Angered by Louis attempt to quit the country, the people of Paris at a meeting on the Champ de Mars demand that he abdicate. Lafayette quells the riot with a fusillade

Gilbert De Lafayette
M.J.P.Y.R.G DU M DE LAFAYETTE French soldier and statesman, in France and America. with his autograph

Lafayette, Seated Writing
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de LAFAYETTE French revolutionary general and statesman, served in American Independence War

Landing Project Paris
Project for an airport on the roof of Galeries Lafayette, in the heart of Paris, whose convenience would outweigh the danger, the noise and other minor drawbacks

British Surrender / 1781
The British surrender their arms to the American army at Yorktown; prominent figures shown include Washington, Lafayette and Cornwallis

Paris / Montmartre C1905
Montmartre: general view from the Galeries Lafayette

Ascenseur, Paris Store
One of the ascenseurs at the Galeries Lafayette, Paris department store

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