Münchener Bilderbogen, Plate 35

Three vignettes move left to right across a cream field, each framed by a wash of pale ochre. In the first, a rider on horseback shelters under a red umbrella as diagonal hatch-lines enact a downpour. In the second, a stout man in red boots shoves open a door while a smaller figure recoils; a dog observes from above. In the third, the same pair collide in stumbling slapstick, hats flying. German verse captions anchor each scene, functioning as dialogue before the speech balloon existed. The Münchener Bilderbogen—broadsheets issued by Braun & Schneider from 1848 onward—sit at the precise hinge where illustrated broadside met sequential narrative, directly influencing Töpffer's heirs and the coming newspaper strip.