Alexander Francis Lydon
Natural history watercolourist and engraver
Alexander Francis Lydon was an Irish-born 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. Alexander's grandson, Gerald Kenneth Lydon (1902–1988), known professionally as GK Lydon, was also a successful artist specialising in watercolours. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1953.
Artworks by this artist (81 total)
- Gang-Gang Cockatoo 1884-1887
- Barnard’s or the Bulla Bulla Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Illiger’s Macaw 1884-1887
- Blue and Yellow Macaw 1884-1887
- Blue-Crowned or Blue-Breasted Lory 1884-1887
- Great Black Cockatoo of New Guinea, or Goliath Aratoo 1884-1887
- Great White-Crested Cockatoo 1884-1887
- Ring-Necked or Bengal Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Rose-Breasted Cockatoo 1884-1887
- Senegal Parrot 1884-1887
- Orange-Bellied Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Canary-Winged Conure 1884-1887
- Mountain Parrot of New Zealand, or Kea 1884-1887
- Swift Parrakeet, or Lorikeet 1884-1887
- Masked Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Mealy Amazon 1884-1887
- Pennant’s Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Bauer’s Parrakeet 1884-1887
- Blue Mountain Lory 1884-1887
- Bourke’s Parrakeet 1884-1887