Painter, lithographer and teacher. Born in Coventry, he studied art at Sheffield College of Art and the Royal College of Art under Gilbert Spencer and Barnett Freedman. He was the son of Thomas La Dell and Ellen La Dell, both still life painters. Edwin went on to become senior tutor in charge of printmaking at the Royal College of Art. There he was an influential teacher, his vibrantly coloured lithographs gaining inspiration from French models such as Vuillard, Denis and Bonnard. His organisation of the Coronation Suite, in 1953, brought together a number of artists connected with the College. He wrote and illustrated Your Book of Landscape Drawing and illustrated Wilkie Collins’ novel The Moonstone. Lived near Maidstone, Kent.