The Ark alphabet
The Ark alphabet is a Bible-themed alphabet picture book for children, published by McLoughlin Bros. in New York in 1868, pairing each letter with animals associated with Noah's ark. The four pictures show bold colour lithographs with red letter panels framing scenes of camels, bears, horses, goats, giraffes, zebras and an ark-like structure. A designer could take the flat red letter blocks, primary palette and naive animal poses as a model for playful, high-contrast children's lettering.
