Lyddell Sawyer - Cabinet Card Back, ca 1890
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Maker: Lyddell Sawyer (1856-1927) Born: UK Active:UK Medium: cabinet card back Size: 6.5" x 4" Location: UK Object No. 2018.273b Shelf: E-52-MISC-UK Publication: Other Collections: Notes: : The son of a portrait painter, Lyddell "Lyd" Sawyer received his professional education as an apprentice to his father. He also studied optics and chemistry, and passed the examination of the City of London Guild in 1885, the same year he left his father's studio. For a few years, he was an itinerant photographer, living and working in London and Paris. After receiving a medal at a Derby exhibition in 1887, he began building his own Singleton House studio in his hometown of Newcastle. Within a few years, Sawyer had established a reputation as one of the Victorian era's most gifted art photographers. His artistic inner circle included fellow photographers Henry Peach Robinson and Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. By 1893, Mr. Sawyer had opened a second studio in Sunderland, and enlisted the assistance of his two brothers Henri and Rubens Sawyer. Using the pseudonym of 'Sheriff,' he joined the Brotherhood of the Linked Ring in November 1895. Leaving the other studios under his brothers' leadership, he opened a gallery on Regent Street in London. His photographers were featured in several important publications of the period including Sun Artists, and the Photographs of the Year exhibit catalogue published by the The Photographic Society of London. After winning more than 50 of the highest honors in the photographic industry, Lyddell Sawyer inexplicably severed his ties with the Linked Ring in 1901. There is no record of his life after he ceased his studio operations in 1908. To view our archive organized by Collections, visit: https://www.flickr.com/photos/photohistorytimeline/collections/">OUR COLLECTIONS For information about reproducing this image, visit: http://www.photohistorytimeline.com/?page_id=212" rel="noreferrer nofollow">THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE -
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