Die Bauern und der Esel
A German-language picture sheet titled Die Bauern und der Esel, made by Moritz von Schwind in 1849 as a fable series for a popular readership. Its eight framed scenes show peasants leading, riding and quarrelling over a donkey along a village road, with a text column between the pictures. A designer might take the simple sequential framing and the lively, crowded narrative groupings of small figures in rough outdoor settings.
