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Elderly man in a yellow robe smoking a pipe and holding a potted cactus on a sunny garden terrace with succulents.

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An elderly man in a yellow patterned robe and white cap holds a potted cactus while smoking a pipe on a sunlit garden terrace. Surrounding him are potted succulents, an agave, a watering can and a green gate in a stone wall, with a grassy slope and trees behind. This print is by Carl Spitzweg and is titled The cactus friend.

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