A high street was taken back in by more than a century as one of Cumbria's most beloved authors and artists was brought back to life.

People walking around Keswick on Thursday afternoon may have been able to spot a familiar face creating a piece of artwork on Main Street.

While it may have not been the real Beatrix Potter, costumes interpreter Rowan Pierce did a good job of suspending disbelief for a moment.

Rowan, who works at the Wordsworth House and Gardens in Cockermouth, was in the town centre as part of the museum's ongoing celebrations of the works of Beatrix Potter, 150 years after she born.

As part of their celebrations the National Trust, who run the museum much of Mrs Potter's legacy, are trying to recreate some of the artwork the author created in the northern Lakes and are attempting to put Rowan as close as possible to where the Peter Rabbit creator would've stood.

Jessie Binns, from the trust, said: "For the whole project we have been trying to find the locations of where she might have stood and are now trying to recreate those pieces."

Celebrations however, are taking place right across the Lake District with a particular focus as the moment in the northern area.

Beatrix spent 11 summers in the area as a young woman, between 1885 and 1907, staying on the shores of Derwentwater at Lingholm and Fawe Park near Keswick.

Her time there was one of the major periods of artistic creativity in her life; the people and landscapes proving to be an inspiration and feature in some of her earliest books: The Tales of Squirrel Nutkin , Benjamin Bunny and Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, all published between 1903 and 1905.

Later in her life Beatrix later became part of the early conservation movement, supporting the National Trust particularly in the Lake District.

The trust has created a self-guided trail of seven special sites where fans can put themselves in the picture of Beatrix’s artwork.

Zoe Gilbert, Wordsworth House’s visitor experience manager, said: "You’ll be surprised how little has changed since she first created those beautiful images.

"You’ll find reproductions of her artwork placed exactly in the spot where Beatrix painted her pictures."

The artwork goes on display today (SAT) until Sunday, October 30.

An exhibition entitled Her Love of the Northern Lakes will be on display at Wordsworth House until the same day.

It tells the story behind the creation of her globally-loved characters and includes several of Beatrix’s original illustrations.

Zoe added: "Although Beatrix was born almost 100 years after William Wordsworth, and wrote children’s stories, rather than poetry, they had a lot in common.

"They were both writers and early conservationists, and were profoundly influenced by the time spent in this beautiful part of the Lake district."