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 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 "Howick Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Meer Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Hawarden Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Red-necked Phalarope by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Leeds Castle 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 "Bolton Priory, From the West 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 "Christians Fight with Apollyon, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Avocet, The Black-winged Stilt by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey 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 "Dryburgh Abbey, From the East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Guest House Chapel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Eden Hall 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 "Rievaulx Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, St Mary")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "Portrait of John Bunyan, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, published c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the South-East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Brown Linnet by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Mrs Hemans")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Looking North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Red-throated Pipit, Richards Pipit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, West Front by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "The Little Gull, Bonapartes Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "From the South, Tintern Abbey, 1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Falconer")
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.jpg "Whites Thrush, The Black-throated Ouzelze, The Rock Thrush, The Gold-vented Bulbul, The Siberian Thrush, The American Robin 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 "Bolton Priory, From the East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Yellow Bunting, The Cirl Bunting, The Ortolan Bunting by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, Refectory by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, From South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Turtle-Dove, The Oriental Turtle-Dove by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, Doorway in St Joseph")
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.jpg "The Flamingo by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Shepherd Boy in the Valley of Humiliation, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Purple Martin, The Sand Martin by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The White-eyed Pochard, The Scaup Duck, The Pochard by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rievaulx Abbey, From the North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey 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 "The Iceland Gull, The Lesser Black-backed Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Gunton Park by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Flycatcher, The Pied Flycatcher by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Siskin 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 "Melrose Abbey, From the East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Jay, The Magpie by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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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 "Furness Abbey, From the South-East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Corn Bunting, The Lapland Bunting by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "The Tree-Creeper, The Nuthatch by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Red-throated Diver, The White-billed Diver, The Great Northern Diver by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Sally, the Chimpanzee at the Zoological Gardens by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Looking into the 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 "The Spoon-bill, The Glossy Ibis by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Mealy Redpoll, The Lesser Redpoll by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "King Eider-Duck, Stellers Eider-Duck by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Grace Greenwood")
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.jpg "The Kentish Sand-Plover, The Little Ringed Sand-Plover, The Ringed Sand-Plover by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, South Doorway by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, Abbot")
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.jpg "Jedburgh Abbey, From the South-East by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Emerson")
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.jpg "Macqueens Bustard, The Little Bustard, The Great Bustard 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 "Choir, from North, Rievaulx Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Whitby Abbey, From the North-west by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "The Grey Plover, The Golden Plover by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey, From the Cloister Court by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Black-Billed Cuckoo, The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo 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 "The Hedge-Sparrow by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Crested Lark by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Roseate Tern, The Sandwich Tern by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Richardsons Skua, The Great Skua by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Furness Abbey, Sedilia 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 "From South-East, Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, From the South by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Egyptian Scavenger Vulture, The Griffon Vulture 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 Reed-Warbler by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey, South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Fountains Abbey, The Choir by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Tintern Abbey, South Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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