This is a monochrome photograph taken of Hoffman's 14 set designs (number 1) for Wagner's <i>Der Ring des Nibelungen</i> opera in 1876.  Hoffman authorized Angerer to publish and sell copies of the photographs.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>  The uploader, JosefLehmkuhl, has failed to specify from where he scanned this image.
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18508704" class="extiw" title="d:Q18508704"><span title="Austrian photographer">Viktor Angerer</span></a>
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1876
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