Photographs show Keswick in the Edwardian and Victorian eras

Now a bustling hive of tourist activity, this image of Borrowdale Road and Lake Road intersection is a much quieter scene.

What became the George Fisher outdoor clothing retailer is seen here as G.P. Abraham’s Photography Studio, selling postcards of the Lake District's forbidding fells and glistening lakes.

A photograph from Keswick Museum showing the GP Abraham's Photography Studio, now the George Fisher outdoor shop. (Image: Keswick Museum)

The shop next-door appears to be a portrait studio.

Posted by Keswick Museum, the photograph is said to be from the era of King Edward VII, who reigned from 1901 to 1910.

He became King in 1901 at the death of Queen Victoria.

A striking aerial photograph of Keswick and Derwentwater, published on the Maryport History website may have been taken during Queen Victoria's reign in 1883.

An aerial photograph of Keswick and Derwentwater, taken in the reign of Queen Victoria. (Image: Maryport History/Bill Cameron)

While the town looks very different today the shot of Keswick and Derwentwater from Latrigg fell is a familiar site.

Now an iconic shot, it is replicated by visitors many times over.

The photograph can be dated by the code printed in the bottom left corner, 3903.JV is a Valentine and Sons postcard reference number.

According to records in the St Andrews University library, postcards marked with numbers 3146 to 3924 were produced in 1883.

This was around the middle of Queen Victoria's reign and saw the second term of Prime Minister William Gladstone, who the Queen famously disliked.

An old photograph of the shores of Derwentwater in Keswick. (Image: Maryport History/Bill Cameron)

An undated and unmarked photograph of the shores of Derwentwater can also be found on the Maryport History website.

The washed out colour, foggy landscape and conspicuous absence of visitors makes it an eerie sight for anyone that knows the Derwentwater of today.

Photographs of Derwentwater from the shore and from Latrigg were sourced by Maryport History, from the personal collection of Bill Cameron.

The image of Borrowdale Road and Lake Road is from Keswick Museum's collection.

Keswick Museum can be found on Station Road offering exhibitions, family activities and special events year round.

The focus of the museum, which is open every day, is on Keswick's "characters, industries, arts and the many stories that have put the town firmly on the Lake District map."