Lot 2: KÖNIG, HERBERT.

KÖNIG, HERBERT. Four illustrations, comprising: i) A tree gnome with a caged bird, 10 3/4 by 8 5/8 in., pencil and watercolor drawing, signed "HKönig" lower right and dated 7 July 1869 lower left, matted (20 1/2 by 16 3/8 in); ii) Tree gnome and flower nymphs, 11 by 8 1/2 in., pencil and watercolor drawing, signed "Herbert König" lower right and dated 8 July 1869 lower left, matted (20 1/2 by 16 3/8 in.); iii) Fairy with watering-can dousing tree gnome, 11 by 8 1/2 in., pencil and watercolor drawing, signed "Herbert König" lower right and dated 9 July 1869 lower left, matted (20 1/2 by 16 3/8 in.); iv) Tree gnome doffing his hat, 11 by 8 1/2 in., pencil and watercolor drawing, signed "Herbert König" lower right and dated 10 July 1869 lower left, matted (20 1/2 by 16 3/8 in.).

Herbert König (1820–1876) was a German illustrator and portraitist, whose most famous children's book was Fritz Wildaus Abenteuer zu Wasser und zu Lande (1879).