Illustration in Heine´s poem "Der Weiße Elephant" or The White Elephant, German writer and poet Heinrich Heine, poem collection Romancero, 1880

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Illustration from: Heinrich Heines´s Romancero, Ilustriete Pracht-Ausgabe. Herausgegeben von Heinrich Laube, Wien, Leipzig, Prag. Verlag von Sigmund Bensinger about 1880 This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage

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Size: 4644px × 5979px
Location: Germany
Photo credit: © Wolfgang Diederich / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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