A MAJOR new exhibition celebrating the life and work of legendary Lake District fellwalker and author Alfred Wainwright features a host of artefacts from Cumbria County Council’s Archive Service.
The exhibition, A Love Letter to the Lakeland Fells, which opened at Keswick Museum on Saturday and runs until November 8, promises to be a must-see for fans of Wainwright.
Cumbria Archives has loaned more than 50 items from the Kendal Archive that trace how Wainwright developed as an artist and writer, as well as giving an insight into his professional and personal life.
Items on display include early drawings, maps and cartoons by Wainwright, reflecting his early interest in places, football and colleagues, school reports and even interview letters for job applications.
There are also notebooks, photographs and annotated OS maps which underpinned Wainwright’s creation of his Pictorial Guides to the Lake District and a first edition print of the first Pictorial Guide, first published 60 years ago.
Other items which Cumbria Archives have loaned for the exhibition include Wainwright’s rucksack, walking boots, cameras, pencils and pens, glasses and a pipe, which will all be on display at the exhibition.
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