Der lange Heinrich : ein Bilderbuch
Der lange Heinrich is a German picture book by Lothar Meggendorfer with text and additional material credited to Franz Bonn, published in Munich by Braun & Schneider in 1890 for children. Its colour lithographs show a tall, long-legged comic man in a bowler hat and green coat going through everyday scenes such as a tavern queue, a beer delivery and a rowing trip, with rhymed German verses set above or beside the pictures. A designer could take its stretched, exaggerated figure and flat bold colour blocks as a model for playful caricature and simple poster-like layouts.
