ALEXANDER FRANCIS LYDON (1836–1917) Original ANTIQUE Colored Engraving Moose For Sale

Artist:ALEXANDER FRANCIS LYDON (British engraver of natural history, 1836/1837 – 1917)Title: The Animal Kingdom: Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, Shells, and InsectsMedium: Original Engraving wtih Hand Coloring - 1874Printer:Benjamin Fawcett (1808 - 1893) who was an English nineteenth century woodblock printer of natural history illustrated texts.Publisher:William Mackenzie (of Ludgate Hill, Edinburgh and Dublin) was a well-known publisher of natural history books in the 1870s.Size: 10 3/4 x 7 3/4 inchesReference:Selection of Lydon's illustrations of natural history and landscapes, December 2022.About the Artist:ALEXANDER FRANCIS LYDON (1836/1837 – 1917)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.