MS. Found in a Bottle—Wögel

An old man is sitting at a desk in a room hung with cobwebs and littered with globes, which looks like a cellar more than a study. He is leaning over a sheet of paper under a strong overhead lamp and looks like he has just read something interesting as another man spies on him, hidden behind the door.

The caption reads in the French version: Manuscrit trouvé dans une bouteille.