Der Verwandlungskünstler : Ein komisches Bilderbuch
Der Verwandlungskünstler is a German comic picture book for children, made by Lothar Meggendorfer with verses by Georg Bötticher and published by J. F. Schreiber in Esslingen and Munich in 1899. Its pictures show one figure turning into a series of different characters, each drawn as a broad, caricatured lithograph in flat colour. A designer could take from it the idea of a single figure repeated across changing costumes and poses, framed by bold outlines and cream, sage and red fields.
