Edward Lyddell Sawyer
(1856-1927), PhotographerArtist associated with 12 portraits
At the age of sixteen Sawyer was responsible for the work of a busy and important photography studio in Newcastle. He had previously had experience in operating other of the family's branches; his father was a portrait painter and designer as well as a photographer. In 1885 he set up his own business in Newcastle and was joined by his two brothers. Ten years later he opened a portrait studio on Regent Street, London. His greatest interest was always in the art of photography rather than its commercial aspects.
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Alison Grimshaw
15 February 2017, 19:06
Geoff Lowe has just published a book about Lyddell Sawyer called ' 'Don't Look at the Camera' published by Ingenu/e Publishng. I bought the book because Lyd was the brother of my maternal great grandmother Louisa Sawyer.
Nicholas Edwin Sawyer
15 March 2016, 07:35
Edward Lyddell Sawyer's middle name was officially Liddell named after his maternal grandmother's maiden name. He adopted the pseudonym "Lyd" on many of his portraits probably because that is what he was called by name, and Lyd is more distinctive than Lid. I am related to Lyd as I am descended from his uncle George Edward Sawyer, who was one of three brothers. George, Edward and Henry. Both Edward and Henry were photographers. Edward was Lyd's father.
Jeremy Ridgman
26 August 2022, 10:24
I have discovered a 5.5x3.5 inch portrait by Lyddell Sawyer of my father, aged around 5 or 6, therefore taken around 1923. It is signed in the corner and has the address of his studio at 19, Sloane Street on the back.