Oil on board, each signed illegibly at lower left (possibly Hartwig or Harting), first half of the 20th century; one painting depicts a scene from Hop-o'-My-Thumb, where the children pull the shoes of the sleeping ogre; the second painting depicting a scene from Puss in Boots; both presented in matching composition frames.

Board 16 x 13 in.; Frame dimensions 23 x 20 in. (each)

Private Collection, North Carolina

Both tales are included in Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités or Contes de ma mère l'Oye (Stories or Tales from Past Times, with Morals or Mother Goose Tales) originally published in Paris by by Charles Perrault, 1697.

Some rubbing to edges of board; no evidence of restoration visible under UV light.