George and Ashley Abraham

George and Ashley Abraham

George and Ashley Abraham (George Dixon Abraham, 7 October 18714 March 1965; Ashley Perry Abraham, 20 February 18769 October 1951) were brother climbers and photographers who lived in Keswick in the English Lake District. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers, especially Owen Glynne Jones, with whom they formed a close climbing partnership from 1896 until his death in 1899. Most of their work was done between 1890 and 1920 and forms a valuable record of the evolution of early rock-climbing in the English Lake District.

One of their many first ascents in the Lakes was the 74 m "Keswick Brother's Climb" on Scafell crag on July 12 1897, now considered "Very Difficult" in the British grading system. Another memorable first ascent was of "Crowberry Ridge Direct" (graded "Severe") on Buachaille Etive Mor in 1900.

After their co-operation with Jones in his very successful "Rock Climbing in the English Lake District" (1897), they produced companion volumes, "Rock Climbing in North Wales" (George, in 1906) and "Rock Climbing in Skye" (Ashley, in 1907). These attempted to emulate Jones' exuberant style, and were of course illustrated with their own photographs.

Many of their climbing photographs, (including the classic portrait of Owen Glynne Jones), were reproduced in Alan Hankinson's "Camera on the Crags". A large selection is also in the possession of the FRCC (The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District), of which the brothers were founding members..

The Abraham's photographic shop in Keswick, built in 1887, was taken over in due course by local mountaineer George Fisher; the modern shop still contains many memorabilia, including photographs, from the Abraham's era.

One of George Abraham's daughters, Enid J. Wilson, was for many years the Lakeland diarist for the Guardian newspaper.

References

* Alan Hankinson (1975), "Camera on the Crags", Heinemann Educational.
* A. Phizacklea (1996), "Scafell, Wasdale & Eskdale", Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District.
* Anita McConnell, ‘Abraham, George Dixon (1871–1965)’, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/61040 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography] , Oxford University Press, 2004

ee also

* M. J. B. Baddeley - a leading writer of a Lakes guidebook in the older text-based style
* W. A. Poucher - who further developed the Abrahams' style of highly-illustrated guides


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