Forrest Reid is one of Belfast's most distinguished sons.

Introduction (by Myles Humphreys, Lord Mayor of Belfast).

The Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland have forged a happy and continuing relationship over the last ten years, and each year have celebrated May Week with a programme of cultural events.

Introduction (by David Wylie, Chairman (Cultural Activities Committee), Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions).

In November 1975 my old friend, Norman Carrothers, with characteristic generosity, made me a gift of his extensive collection of wood engravings of the eighteen-sixties, together with a number of important books relating to the artists and the engravers.

Acknowledgements (by Kenneth Jamison, Director, Arts Council of Northern Ireland).

Few collectors have given so detailed an account of the moment when passion was ignited by chance discovery.

The wood engravings.