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Illustration to the poem “The Flower’s Revenge” (Der Blumen Rache – Ferdinand Freiligrath)
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Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 2014
Title: Illustration to the poem “The Flower’s Revenge” (Der Blumen Rache – Ferdinand Freiligrath)
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