Alexander Francis Lydon
He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris who wrote the text.
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Alexander Francis Lydon
![Two flowering plants: a phlox (Phlox subulata) above a violet (Viola hederacea) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after A. F. Lydon., [1870], by Alexander Francis Lydon](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0044418EL/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Name
- Alexander Francis Lydon
- Born
- 1836/1837
- Birthplace
- Ireland
- Died
- 20 March 1917 (aged 79–81)
- Field
- Engraving
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Languages
- English.
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He worked for Benjamin Fawcett the printer, to whom he had been apprenticed from an early age. He collaborated on a large number of works with the Rev. Francis Orpen Morris who wrote the text.
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A census on 30 March 1851 found the Lydon family living at Bridge Street, Great Driffield and the following details were recorded: • Head of household Patrick Lydon, born in Ireland, married, aged 42, Chelsea Pensioner and Relieving Officer of Driffield Union. • Elizabeth Lydon, wife, aged 38, birthplace Portugal. • Francis Lydon, son, aged 14, printer's assistant, birthplace Dublin. • Frederic Lydon, son, aged 12, scholar, birthplace Bermuda, West Indies. • Hannah Lydon, daughter, aged 10, scholar, birthplace Bermuda, West Indies. • James Lydon, son, aged 7, scholar, birthplace New Brunswick, Canada. • Margaret Lydon, daughter, aged 2, birthplace Newcastle, Northumberland. • John Lydon, son, aged 8 months, birthplace Great Driffield. • Catherine Lydon, sister, unmarried, aged 18, birthplace Ireland. Alexander's grandson, Gerald Kenneth Lydon (1902–1988), known professionally as GK Lydon, was also a successful artist specialising in watercolours. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1953.
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• Name — Alexander Francis Lydon • Born — 1836/1837 • Birthplace — Ireland • Died — 20 March 1917 (aged 79–81) • Field — Engraving • Illustration — Guy's Cliffe, Warwick, Warwickshire from the book County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland • Illustration — Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire from the book County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland
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Origins and background
The following is established of origins and background. Born in 1836 at Dublin. It is also recorded that alexander Francis Lydon died in 1917 at Brentford.
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• Illustrated and/or engraved by Lydon • Couch, Jonathan. A history of the fishes of the British Islands: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4 (London, Groombridge and Sons, 1862). • Lowe, E. J. Our native ferns, or, A history of the British species and their varieties: Vol. 1, Vol. 2 (London: Groombridge, 1865). • Bunyan, John. The pilgrim's progress: from this world to that which is to come (London: Groombridge and Sons, 1871). • Houghton, W. British fresh water fishes: Vol. 1, Vol 2 (London: W. Mackenzie, 1879). • Croal, Thomas Allan. Scottish loch scenery (London: J. Walker, 1882). • Morris, F. O. A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland: Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5, Vol. 6 (London: William Mackenzie). • Greene, W T. Parrots in captivity (George Bell & Sons, 1884). • Kearton, Richard. Birds' nests, eggs and egg-collecting (Cassell & Co., 1896).
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Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. Gordon Norton Ray, Courier Dover Publications, 1992, p. 65;
- Selection of Lydon's illustrations of natural history and landscapes, finerareprints.com. Accessed 28 December 2022.
- Lydon's fern illustrations in Ferns: British and exotic v.1, flickr.com. Accessed 28 December 2022.
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