Henry Greenwood Peabody
American, 1855-1951
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Henry Greenwood Peabody was considered to be among the best yachting photographers of the time. At the turn of the century yacht owners wanted photographs of their boats under full sail, and dry plate photography made it possible. Peabody was able to capture the beauty and speed of a sailboat better than anyone else. Peabody also did coastal landscape and architectural photography in the Boston area from 1886 to1900. In 1900 he moved to California where, among other things, he was a traveling photographer for the Detroit Publishing Company, run by William H. Jackson, producing many east and west coast series including a major body of photos on New Hampshire.
Peabody’s travels frequently brought him back to New England where he photographed landscapes, famous sights, and local interests. However, Peabody achieved his greatest fame for his nature work. Peabody was probably a partner in Peabody & French (with J.A. French) a firm that issued a set of stereographs that depicted interiors at Dartmouth College, around 1875. He later had a long and distinguished career photographing for the Boston and Maine Railroad and the Detroit Publishing Co. Peabody died in California in 1910 at the age of 95.
Member of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD)
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