Lyddell Sawyer
Illustration — The castle Garth Lyddell "Lyd" Sawyer (1856–1927) was a British photographer and founding member of The Linked Ring group of photographers. Although he showed almost 100 prints at what was later to become the Royal Photographic Society, only a handful of his images are well known. Sawyer was born in North Shields on the River Tyne, and later moved to London.
Lyddell Sawyer
Lyddell Sawyer · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark
- Born
- 1856 · North Shields.
- Died
- 1927
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — The castle Garth Lyddell "Lyd" Sawyer (1856–1927) was a British photographer and founding member of The Linked Ring group of photographers. Although he showed almost 100 prints at what was later to become the Royal Photographic Society, only a handful of his images are well known. Sawyer was born in North Shields on the River Tyne, and later moved to London.
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Born at North Shields in 1856, died in 1927.
The recorded working language is English. Work by Lyddell Sawyer is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago.
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