The Circus procession
A children's picture book of verse published by McLoughlin Bros. in New York in 1888, drawn for young readers and set around a circus parade. Its chromolithographed pages show clowns, an elephant, ponies and horses, and a painted procession, with each scene captioned by a rhyming verse printed beneath it. A designer could take its bold flat colour, lively poses, and the pairing of rhymed text with a simple picture sequence.













