George Perry Abraham FRPS (1846 – 10 April 1923[1]) was a British photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer.
G. P. Abraham | |
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| Born | George Perry Ashley Abraham 1846 |
| Died | 1923 (aged 76–77) Keswick, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Photographer, postcard publisher, mountaineer |
| Known for | Landscape photography |
| Spouse | Mary Dixon |
| Children |
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Early life edit
George Perry Ashley Abraham was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1846.
Career edit
He worked as a photographer with Elliot & Fry of Baker Street, London, before becoming apprenticed to Alfred Pettitt in Keswick in 1862, and then starting his own business in 1866.[2][3][4]
Abraham did studio portraits, but his passion was for photographing landscapes.[4] He founded G. P. Abraham Ltd, a postcard publisher, in Keswick in England's Lake District, and became a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society in 1898.[4][5]
Personal life edit
In 1870, he married Mary Dixon in Cockermouth, Cumberland.[6]
He had four sons. The two eldest, George and Ashley Abraham, were important popularisers of mountain climbing. Sidney was a bank manager in Keswick, and John Abraham became acting Governor of Tanganyika.[7]
Abraham died in 1923.[8]
Legacy edit
The photography business was carried on by Ashley's son, before being wound up in the 1970s.[9]
References edit
- ^ "Obituary". The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 11 April 1923. p. 10. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Kelly, Stephen F. (1991). Victorian Lakeland Photographers. Shrewsbury: Swann Hill Press. pp. 25–27. ISBN 1853102334.
- ^ "Lakes Guides, relief models, Abraham 1860s-70s?". Geog.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ a b c Berry, Natalie (30 January 2017). "Outdoor Photography with an Antique Camera". UKClimbing. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Ordinary Meeting [Minutes]". The Photographic Journal. Vol. 22 (New Series), no. 9 (May). London: The Royal Photographic Society. 1898. pp. 306–307. ISSN 1461-9466.
- ^ "Person Details for George Perry Abraham, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Crow, Footless (25 June 2010). "Footless Crow: The Abraham Brothers Photographing the past". Footlesscrow.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
- ^ "Person Details for George P Abraham, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Iddon, Henry (29 July 2016). "An introduction to Instanto Outdoors". George Fisher. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
External links edit
- Photographs of the Alps by G.P. Abraham at Harvard Art Museums.
Media related to G. P. Abraham at Wikimedia Commons