Gemischte Gesellschaft : ein lustiges Ziehbilderbuch
A German pull-tab picture book, Gemischte Gesellschaft, made by Lothar Meggendorfer and published by Schreiber in 1891 for children. Its pictures are hand-coloured comic scenes of stock figures: a double bassist at a music stand, a maid polishing a gilt frame, a clown and bandleader, and an explorer facing a snake in jungle foliage. A designer might take the flat colour fields, bold outlines and playful figure poses as a model for lively, humorous editorial illustration.
