The amateurs' art designer

Issue No.1, May 1884.First of a quarterly portfolio of full-sized designs for painting and artistic work. 'Each number contains Four Full-Sized Designs for Painting, Art Needlework, Wood Carving, Brass Work, or other Artistic pursuits, with full letter-press descriptions, as well as Practical Lessons in Painting and Artwork'. Details of private art classes and lessons. Includes some designs. Sections include 'Painted Pebbles', 'Jottings and Cuttings' and 'Industrial Art Memorial to the late Duke of Albany', 'Classes for Wood Carving' (authored by E. L. Jebb), as well as some children's designs. Printed in Manchester by John Heywood, of 11 Paternoster Buildings, London and Deansgate and Ridgefield, Manchester, in 1884. Price one shilling. Stamped 'Cottage Arts Assocation' at top of cover. Signed Gilbert R Redgrave.