signwriting

Updated: June 3, 2025

From this man and by laborious study and practice in his spare time, aided by a certain measure of natural ability, the boy acquired a knowledge of decorative painting and design, and graining and signwriting. Frank's mother died when he was twenty-four, and a year afterwards he married the daughter of a fellow workman.

Robert Tressell - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists