biography of Edwin LYON (c.1806-1853)

Birth place: Liverpool, England

Death place: Natchez, MS

Addresses: New Orleans, 1846; Natchez, MS, 1848-53

Profession: Sculptor

Exhibited: PAFA: (1848: busts of Gen. Zachary Taylor and the artist J.R. Lambdin; 1853: a medallion of Gen. Taylor)

Comments: Described as miniature bust modeller in New Orleans,1846.

Sources: G&W; Rutledge, PA. More recently, see Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists.