Neue Bilder-Fibel für fleissige Kinder
A German-language picture primer, Neue Bilder-Fibel für fleissige Kinder, published in 1850 by the printer A. Bagel for young children learning to read. Each small hand-coloured scene carries a rhyming German verse beneath it, and the pictures show everyday domestic and rural life such as a child at work, a grandmother reading aloud, a Christmas tree, and games in a village setting. A designer could take the simple, naive figure style, the flat bright colour washes, and the compact stacked panel layout with captions set as a rhythmic verse block.
