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 Avocet, The Black-winged Stilt by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Grey Wagtail, The Blue-headed Wagtail, The Yellow Wagtail by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Rook, The Raven, The Jackdaw, The Hooded Crow, The Carrion Crow, The Chough by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the South-east by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christians Fight with Apollyon, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, Portion of Chapel in North Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, From the West by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Guest House Chapel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, West Front by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The White-Headed Long-Tailed Tit, The British Long-Tailed Tit 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 "Jedburgh Abbey, Nave, from South Aisle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, North Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "From the South, Tintern Abbey, 1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Whitethroat, The Lesser Whitethroat by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Choir, Looking West, Tintern Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, From the North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Christian at the Gate, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, Nave and South Aisle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, From the East 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 "Dalton Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Little Egret, The Purple Heron, The Buff-backed Egret, The Squacco Heron, The Great White Heron by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, East End, from Abbot")
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.jpg "The Peregrine Falcon, The Greenland Gyr-Falcon, The Red-footed Kestrel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, St Mary")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the South-East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, The Tower by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Grace Greenwood")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, Choir, Looking East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Tufted Duck, The Golden-eyed Duck, The Red-crested Pochard by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Green Woodpecker, The Great Black Woodpecker, The Great Spotted Woodpecker, The Hairy Woodpecker, The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Eden Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Hen-Harrier, Montagu")
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.jpg "The Little Gull, Bonapartes Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, From South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rydal, Lower Fall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Jedburgh Abbey, From North-west by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Looking into the Chapter House 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 "Dryburgh Abbey, Tomb of Sir Walter Scott by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, West Window by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, From South-east by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, West Front by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, Nave, Looking East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, From the East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "From South-East, Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Brown Linnet by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Looking North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "South Transept, Netley Abbey, c1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Mrs Hemans")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, The Choir by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Hornby Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Guillemot, The Bridled Guillemot, Brunnichs Guillemot, The Black Guillemot by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Robinson Crusoe Awakened from Sleep by His Parrot 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 "Gunton Park by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Gannet, The Cormorant, The Shag by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Floors Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the Cloister Court by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Nave, from South Aisle, Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Wroxton Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, Interior, looking West by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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