Der dumme Barthel
A German comic-strip sheet from 1877, titled Der dumme Barthel, with verses by Ludwig von Nagel and drawings by André Bork, aimed at a popular audience. The sheet is a grid of small wood-engraved panels showing a bumbling soldier in mishaps with horses, a cart, and marching troops. A designer could borrow its sequential panel layout, the caption-under-image format, and the lively horse and cavalry poses.
