Alexander Francis Lydon [SEP] date of death
Alexander Francis Lydon
Alexander Francis Lydon (; 1836–1917) was a British watercolour artist, illustrator and engraver of natural history and landscapes. 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.
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,
"Birds' nests, eggs and egg-collecting" (Cassell & Co., 1896).
References.
- Lydon Family Genealogy Forum
- "The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914". Gordon Norton Ray, Courier Dover Publications, 1992, p. 65,
External links.
- 'Alexander Francis Lydon' - Selection of his illustrations of natural history and landscapes.
- Flickr set of Lydon's fern illustrations in Ferns: British and exotic v.1