G. P. Abraham

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

G. P. Abraham
Born	George Perry Ashley Abraham 1844 (1844) Devizes, Wiltshire, England
Died	1923 (aged 78–79) England
Nationality	British
Occupation	Photographer, postcard publisher, mountaineer
Known for	Landscape photography
Spouse(s)	Mary Dixon
Children	George Dixon Abraham Ashley Perry Abraham Sidney Abraham John Abraham

Mr & Mrs W S(?) Young, 26 November 1880, by G. P. Abraham, Keswick

Gathering the Fell Sheep, G. P. Abraham Ltd postcard

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. "UKC Articles - INTERVIEW: Outdoor Photography with an Antique Camera". Ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
4. Crow, Footless (25 June 2010). "Footless Crow: The Abraham Brothers Photographing the past". Footlesscrow.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
6. "An introduction to Instanto Outdoors". Georgefisher.co.uk. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

External links

Media related to G. P. Abraham at Wikimedia Commons