Gabriel Lopp (1825-1913) was a French painter, photographer and mountaineer.
He had found his calling and subsequently went off to Geneva where he met the reputed leadin.
Aged twenty-one Lopp climbed a small mountain in the Languedoc and found a group of painters sketching on the summit.
His father was a captain in the French Engineers and Lopp \'s childhood was spent in many different towns in south-eastern France.
He became the first foreigner to be made a member of the Alpine Club in London.
Gabriel Lopp (1825-1913) was a French painter, photographer and mountaineer