It is well over 100 years since the first pictures capturing the beauty of the Lake District were taken.

The Abraham brothers - George and Ashley, who grew up in Keswick, took an Underwood Instanto whole plate camera into hills of the Lakes to capture the landscapes and take pictures of their climbing.

Now, more than a century after they took their first shots, the camera will again be used to capture the magnificent scenery.

Photographer Henry Iddon will follow in the footsteps of the Abrahams and take the Underwood Instanto, which uses 12in x10in glass plates, up into the hills.

The camera has been taken on loan from the Mountain Heritage Trust, an organisation that aims to record and preserve Britain’s rich heritage in climbing, mountaineering and mountain culture.

Henry, who has more than 18 years' experience as a professional photographer, has been allowed to take the camera thanks to Arts Council funding. His work will be available for all to see at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery next year.

“When they climbed the mountain, they then had to be very careful with the way they prepared the shot,” he said, explaining that the Abraham brothers would not have been able to take thousands of pictures, unlike photographers today.

“They were so extremely limited with the number of photographs they could take - the glass plates the camera used were so heavy they could only take a handful with them on each expedition.”

Reflecting on the task at hand, Henry added that it is something he is very much looking forward to.

“For me, after three years of bringing the aspects of the project together and thanks to the support of Keswick Museum and Art Gallery and Arts Council England, it is really exciting to start moving ahead and shooting a new body of work with a camera that has such unique heritage,” he said.

“It is amazing to think that over 100 years ago rock-climbing was in its infancy and adventure sports photography was a phrase that had never been heard - yet with this camera, the Abraham brothers were instigating a whole new genre of photography.

“It’s a real privilege to take that process full circle and shoot the extreme sports of 2016 with a camera that was doing the same thing in the late 1890s.”

Henry’s work will be shown at the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery from January to May 2017.