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{{Short description|English photographer and military officer, ca. 1829–1891}}
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'''Edmund David Lyon''' (1825–1891) was a British photographer and served in [[British Army]]. He photographed in more than 100 archeological sites in India.

==Photography==
Later he extensively took photographs in southern India and opened his studio in [[Ooty|Ootakamund]] in 1865. He was commissioned by Madras Government and Bombay Government (both British) to take photographs of Archeological sites during 1867–69. In 1871, he published a book with title 'Notes to Accompany a Series of Photographs Designed to Illustrate the Ancient Architecture of Western India' which contained numerous photographs of archeological sites as well as social life of 19th century [[India]].<ref name="lu">{{cite web |last1=Luminous |first1=Lint |title=Captain Edmund David Lyon |url=http://www.luminous-lint.com/app/photographer/Edmund_David__Lyon/ABCDEF/ |website=Luminous-Lint |publisher=Luminous LInt |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> He also considered himself as commercial photographer after retirement.<ref>{{cite web |title=Edmund David Lyon |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100120521 |website=Oxford referenceq |publisher=Oxford reference |access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref> He was appointed as general photographer for [[Madras Presidency]] in November 1867 and from November 1867 to August 1868, he toured Trichinopoly, Madurai, Tanjore, Halebid, Bellary and Vijayanagara [[Hampi]] exclusively to take photographs of temples and archeological sites.<ref name="ark">{{cite web |last1=arknetimages |title=Edmund David Lyon |url=https://maddyworks.com/edmund-david-lyon/ |website=maddyworks.com |publisher=maddyworks.com |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref> He produced more than 300 photographs of ancient monuments, temples at the request of Madras and Bombay presidencies of British Raj.<ref name="ark"/> He has also produced landscape photographs of [[Coonoor]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Coonoor |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/coonoor-edmund-david-lyon/cAGPSr7cutrUDA?hl=en |website=art sand culture |publisher=arts and culture |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref> His photographic works were displayed at Photographic Society of London in 1869 and they were well received.<ref name="ch">{{cite web |title=EDMUND DAVID LYON (1825-1891) AND VARIOUS OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS |url=https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-4572604 |website=christies.com |publisher=christies.com |access-date=9 February 2022}}</ref>

===Use of reflectors===
Some of the corridors of ancient temples in South India are 700 feet long and to capture details of such monuments, Lyon created banks of reflectors.<ref name="ark"/><ref name="ch"/>

==Author==
Edmund David Lyon wrote two novels, The Signora (1883) and Ireland's dream : a romance of the future (1888) apart from producing books on photography.<ref name="ark"/>

==Collections==
Lyon's work is represented in the permanent collections of the [[J. Paul Getty Museum|Getty Museum]],<ref name="Getty">{{cite web |title=Longside Aisle. Ramisum Pagoda |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107Q93 |website=Getty Museum |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="Getty2">{{cite web |title=Interior of Peroor Temple. Nr. Coimbatore |url=https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/107Q99 |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]],<ref name="V&A">{{cite web |title=General view of the Ranganatha Temple at Srirangam |url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O108793/general-view-of-the-ranganatha-photograph-lyon-edmund-david/ |website=Victoria and Albert Museum |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> the [[British Library|British Library Collection]],<ref name="BL">{{cite web |title=Streevelliputtur [Srivilliputtur]. Tank and portions of old temple outside the town |url=https://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho0000212s3u00005000.html |website=British Library |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> the [[Museum of Photographic Arts]],<ref name="MoPA">{{cite web |title=India and the Picturesque |url=https://mopa.org/exhibitions/india-and-the-picturesque/ |website=Museum of Photographic Arts |access-date=2 May 2022}}</ref> among others.

==Gallery==
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File:Ruins of Vijianuggur, conical temples, Hemakuta hill Shiva temples in Hampi, Vijayanagara, 1868 photo.jpg|Ruins of Vijianuggur, conical temples, Hemakuta hill Shiva temples in Hampi, Vijayanagara, 1868
File:Ruins of Vijianuggur, the Volkonda Ramachandra temple in Hampi, Vijayanagara, 1868 photo.jpg|Ruins of Vijianuggur, the Volkonda Ramachandra temple in Hampi, Vijayanagara, 1868
File:Tadpatri, Andhra Pradesh ruins of Ramalingeshvara Hindu temple, 1868 photo.jpg|Tadpatri, Andhra Pradesh ruins of Ramalingeshvara Hindu temple, 1868
File:The Elephant Stables (5711526154).jpg|The Elephant Stables, c.1865-1871
File:An 1868 photograph of Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.jpg|Arjuna's Penance, Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu, 1868
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:1825 births]]
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[[Category:19th-century British photographers]]
[[Category:Archaeological photographers]]
[[Category:British people in British India]]

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