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 "Meer Hall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Leeds Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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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 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 "The White-Headed Long-Tailed Tit, The British Long-Tailed Tit 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 "Christians Fight with Apollyon, from The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan published, c.1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Thomson")
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.jpg "The American Teal by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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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 "Furness Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Lesser Kestrel by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Falconer")
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.jpg "The Stock-Dove, The Wood-Pigeon 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 "Whitby Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Gunton Park by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, From the North by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Nightjar, The Isabelline Nightjar 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 "Ground Plan of Bolton Priory, 1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Ruff by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Peper Harow by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Cream-coloured Courser by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Netley Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, Doorway in St Joseph")
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.jpg "Wroxton 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 Avocet, The Black-winged Stilt by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Summer-Snipe, The Wood-Tattler, The Green-legged Tattler by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Quail, The Andalusian Hemipode 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 "The White Wagtail, The Pied Wagtail by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Blue-winged Teal by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Croly")
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.jpg "The Redstart, The Black Redstart by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Meadow-Pipit, The Tree-Pipit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Arches of Transept, Bolton Priory by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Choir, Fountains Abbey, c1880 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "Lake District Scene by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, Arches of Transept by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The American Hawk-Owl by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Jedburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Lowther Castle by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Rydal, Lower Fall by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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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 "Fountains Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Shoveller by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Grey Phalarope 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 "Fountains Abbey, The Choir 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 Kill-Deer Dottrel, The Sociable Lapwing by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Badminton House by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, South Doorway 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 "The Wedge-tailed Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Glastonbury Abbey, Abbot")
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.jpg "The Common Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Melrose Abbey, The Cloisters 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 "Glastonbury Abbey, St Joseph")
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.jpg "Dryburgh Abbey by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Whitethroat, The Lesser Whitethroat by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Milton")
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.jpg "The Desert-Wheatear by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Bolton Priory, From the West by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Crane, The Demoiselle Crane by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Snipe, The Great Snipe by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Aldby Park by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Choir, from North, Rievaulx Abbey 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 "From the West, Bolton Priory, c. 1880-1897 by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Belted Kingfisher by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Mersham-le-Hatch by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Little Bittern, The American Bittern, The Common Bittern by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Wheatear by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Ashcombe Park by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Red-Shouldered Buzzard by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Illustration for Goldsmith")
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.jpg "The Gannet, The Cormorant, The Shag by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Windermere, Head of the Lake by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "Kirkstall Abbey, From the North-West by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Black-Bellied Dipper by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Common Night-Heron by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Black-tailed Godwit, The Bar-tailed Godwit by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Red-breasted Goose by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Little Gull, Bonapartes Gull by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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.jpg "The Long-tailed Duck, The Harlequin Duck by Alexander Francis Lydon")
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