Der grösste Cirkus der Welt
Der grösste Cirkus der Welt is a German picture book of circus scenes published by Carl Hirsch in 1890, aimed at children. Its chromolithographs show animal acts in a ring: horses rearing in formation, an elephant with a horse, a dog drinking from a bottle, and clowns. A designer could draw on the bold flat colours, the costume details of the ringmaster and clowns, and the tidy staging of animals against pale backgrounds.
