Thiere
A single printed sheet titled Thiere, dated 1836, with nine lithographed animal studies arranged in a grid, probably issued as a plate for teaching or pattern use. The record gives no maker or place, so the sheet is described from the pictures alone. Its wild and domestic animals are drawn in loose, sketchy tonal shading, with a camel carrying a rider at the centre, a striped zebra-like animal, a goat, a cow, a boar and a deer. A designer could take from it a quick vocabulary of animal poses and a compact way to group varied subjects on one page.
