Alexander Francis Lydon was Irish-born and the oldest of six siblings. His parents were a traveling couple and so Lydon spent his childhood in England. When the time came for teaching, Alexander Francis Lydon faced the basics of the apprenticeship as a printer. He learned the skills of wood printing and made first attempts in chromolithography, whose technique he deepened. He made illustrations for books on natural history. His depictions of birds, fish and plants were based on the models of well-known naturalists. Lydon took a liking to the fine, slightly transparent depictions and made watercolour painting his own. Thus his work includes not only coloured engravings and lithographs, but also watercolours that capture the special play of colours in nature. In addition to his workshop work with naturalistic depictions of flora and fauna, the depictions of landscapes and mansions of the English landed gentry were added to his repertoire.
Among his most famous works are without doubt his book illustrations. The depictions of his bird illustrations, especially of parrots, are unique. One of his most famous individual depictions is the colored Robinson Crusoe, which dramatically captivates the viewer with its dark, turbulent sea.
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.jpg "The Red-necked Phalarope by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Hawarden Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Great Tit, The Crested Tit, The Coal Tit, The Marsh Tit, The Bearded Tit, The Blue Tit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Leeds Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Meer Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Arbury Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Howick Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, Tomb of Sir Walter Scott by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christiana Entertained by the Interpreter, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, published c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Spoon-bill, The Glossy Ibis by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Vestry, Rievaulx Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, Nave and South Aisle, from East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Twelfth of August, the First Alarm by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "Christian and Hopeful Caught in the Net, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, published c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "North Transept, Whitby Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christian Losing his Burden, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Great Shearwater, The Sooty Shearwater by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Guest House Chapel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Flycatcher, The Pied Flycatcher by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Savi")
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.jpg "Illustration for Croly")
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.jpg "From South-East, Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Rusty Black Hang-nest, Male and Female by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Kirkstall Abbey, Ruins at South-west Corner of Cloister Court by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, From South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, Doorway and Arch in Choir by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christiana and her children arrive at the Slough of Despond, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, published c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, From the South-west by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "The Egyptian Scavenger Vulture, The Griffon Vulture by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Little Auk, The Puffin by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Purple Martin, The Sand Martin by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Burn")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, Choir and Transept, from South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tengmalm")
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.jpg "The White-fronted Goose, The Grey-lag Goose, The Bean Goose, The Pink-footed Goose by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Whiskered Tern, The Gull-billed Tern by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, South Doorway by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "St. Joseph")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, West Entrance by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Breeds of Poultry, c1903-c1910 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Meadow-Pipit, The Tree-Pipit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Wood-Warbler, The Willow-Warbler by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Great Reed-Warbler, The Rufous Warbler by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the North-east, as it appeared before the Tower fell by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Garden-Warbler, The Orphean Warbler, The Blackcap by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Touracos, or Plantain Eaters, New Birds in the Zoological Society")
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.jpg "Great Bustards recently added to the Zoological Society")
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.jpg "From the South, Tintern Abbey, 1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "Illustration for Mrs Hemans")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, North Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, The Tower by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Howsham Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Cloisters, Melrose Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tregothnan by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Whooper Swan, Bewicks Swan, The Mute Swan by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The White-bellied Storm-Petrel, The Madeira Storm-Petrel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Red-necked Grebe, The Sclavonian Grebe, The Black-necked Grebe by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Sedilia by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, Cloisters and Chapter House by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Scott")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the South-east by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Grace Greenwood")
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.jpg "Red-throated Pipit, Richards Pipit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, Choir, Looking East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, North Aisle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the West by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Kirkstall Abbey, Chapter House by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Great Grey Shrike, The Red-backed Shrike, The Woodchat Shrike by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Norman Arches in Nave, Jedburgh Abbey, c1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Kirkstall Abbey, West Front by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Buffel-headed Duck by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Iceland Gull, The Lesser Black-backed Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Pilgrims Found by Giant Despair by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christiana Crossing the River by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, The Refectory by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Jedburgh Abbey, Nave, from South Aisle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Abbot")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, The Cloisters by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, West Side of Choir by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Windermere, Looking Up the Lake by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Fire-Crest, The Gold-Crest by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Wigeon, The American Wigeon by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Roseate Tern, The Sandwich Tern by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Great Black-headed Gull, The Black-headed Gull, The Mediterranean Black-headed Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Tree-Creeper, The Nuthatch by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "From the West, Bolton Priory, c. 1880-1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Indian Roller, The Abyssinian Roller by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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