George and Ashley Abraham

George and Ashley Abraham (George Dixon Abraham, FRPS, 7 October 1871 – 4 March 1965; Ashley Perry Abraham, 20 February 1876 – 9 October 1951), sometimes referred to as "The Keswick Brothers", were climbers, authors and photographers who lived in Keswick, Cumberland in the English Lake District.[1] 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.[2][3]

  1. ^ McConnell, Anita (2004). "Abraham, George Dixon (1871–1965), photographer and rock-climber". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/61041. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Hankinson, Alan (1974). "The Keswick Brothers" (PDF). The Alpine Journal. Vol. 79. London: The Alpine Club. pp. 55–64. ISSN 0065-6925. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ Hankinson, Alan (1990). Camera on the Crags: A Portfolio Of Early Rock Climbing Photographs By The Abraham Brothers. Cambridge: Silent Books. ISBN 1851830189.