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Lafayette Ltd., 179 New Bond Street, London. Photographer most likely James Stack Lauder ("James Lafayette"), 1853–1923. See [1].

James Lafayette  (1853–1923)  wikidata:Q6137708
 
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Birth name: James Stack Lauder
Description Irish photographer and professional photographer
Date of birth/death 22 January 1853 Edit this at Wikidata 20 August 1923 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Dublin Edit this at Wikidata Bruges Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1898 Edit this at Wikidata–1923 Edit this at Wikidata
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Dublin; London Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q6137708
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English: Ethiopian General & Governor of Harar, cr. Ras 1890; father of Emperor Haile Selassie I., on a visit to England for the Coronation of King Edward VII; appointment as a Knight Commander of 'The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael & St. George' (K.C.M.G.), cr. 12 August 1902.
Costume: Gold coronet bearing crowned effigy of Emperor Menelik II; Ethiopian ceremonial silk shirt.
Date August 1902
date QS:P571,+1902-08-00T00:00:00Z/10
Source https://web.archive.org/web/20080401162542/http://lafayette.150m.com/ras3452b.html

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V&A Museum claims copyright on this image. According to their page, the image was reproduced in:

  • Gäbrä Sellassé, Chronique du regne de Ménélik II roi des rois d'Ethiopie, Paris, 1930-1, plate XXVII
  • Gäbrä Sellassé, Tarikä Zämän kä Kägmawi Menilek Negusä Nägäst zaltyopya, Addis Ababa, 1959 (Ethiopian calendar), p 240.

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Ras Makkonen, Emperor Menelik II's cousin and general of his army who conquered the Emirate of Harar in 1887 and served as its governor until his death in 1906..

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Mekonnen Welde Mikael

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