Quarterly record
A 1910 quarterly record issued by Wigan Public Libraries in England, printed in Wigan by Thomas Wall and Sons and filed among trade catalogues for library staff and local readers. The pictures are repeated versions of the same circular library seal, a ring of bold lettering around a heraldic shield, crest and motto banner, cut in dense engraved line work with hatched backgrounds. A designer could take from them a strong model for a circular emblem or institutional badge, with text set on a curve, shields and banners arranged symmetrically, and fine crosshatch shading that reads well at small sizes.
