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This painting, with the inscription 'Sketch for the Forest River, Hobbit Ch. IX', shows Bilbo's arrival on the barrel by the light of the full moon, whereas in the painting published with the book the sun has already risen. In the text the barrels arrived at the village of the Raft-elves while it was still dark: 'There was a dim sheet of water no longer overshadowed, and on its sliding surface there were dancing and broken reflections of clouds and stars.' This picture was published in The J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar 1979. The paper of the original is torn on the lower left-hand side and a blue underlay shows here.
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| current | 07:52, 17 October 2025 | | 836 × 1,037 (273 KB) | Paccyd33 (talk | contribs) | |
| 05:28, 7 February 2006 |  | 376 × 467 (26 KB) | Hyarion (talk | contribs) | This painting, with the inscription 'Sketch for the Forest River, Hobbit Ch. IX', shows Bilbo's arrival on the barrel by the light of the full moon, whereas in the painting published with the book the sun has already risen (See [[:Image:J.R.R. Tolkien - B |
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