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As well as being collected in books, souvenir photographs and views were also sold separately in portfolios like these. Here the publisher, not the purchaser, selected the views. Many of the scenes were included because of their connections to…

These photographs, like those in the case below, show how photography helped to make the Lake District a popular tourist destination. Wordsworth’s poetry suggested scenes to photograph, and collections of photographs shaped how readers understood his…

Just as Wordsworth had been wary of the rise of tourism, his trustees were suspicious of the illustrated books that encouraged tourism. They claimed that A. W. Bennett—the publisher of Our English Lakes, Mountains and Waterfalls—had violated their…

Early photographic negatives were made out of glass, and photographers had to immerse them in chemicals immediately after exposing them. To capture a good view, a photographer might have to carry heavy, delicate negatives, chemicals, and camera…

These books appeared at the same time as tourism developed in the Lake District, and helped to shape where tourists went and how they saw the area. They created interest in visiting Wordsworth’s houses: this edition of Wordsworth's poems begins with…