G. P. Abraham

Mr & Mrs W S(?) Young, 26 November 1880, by G. P. Abraham, Keswick
Gathering the Fell Sheep, G. P. Abraham Ltd postcard

George Perry Ashley Abraham FRPS (1844 – 1923) was a British photographer, postcard publisher, and mountaineer.

Early life

George Perry Ashley Abraham was born in Devizes, Wiltshire, in 1844.

Career

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.[1][2]

Abraham did studio portraits, but his passion was for photographing landscapes.[2] 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.[2]

Personal life

In 1870, he married Mary Dixon in Cockermouth, Cumberland.[3]

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.[4]

Abraham died in 1923.[5]

Legacy

The photography business was carried on by Ashley's son, before being wound up in the 1970s.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Lakes Guides, relief models, Abraham 1860s-70s?". Geog.port.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "UKC Articles - INTERVIEW: Outdoor Photography with an Antique Camera". Ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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  4. ↑ Crow, Footless (25 June 2010). "Footless Crow: The Abraham Brothers Photographing the past". Footlesscrow.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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  6. ↑ "An introduction to Instanto Outdoors". Georgefisher.co.uk. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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