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Summary
This image was not used in the original impression of The Hobbit, 1937, which included no coloured illustrations, this painting appeared in the second English impression of the same year and in the first American edition, 1938. In the American edition the title and the J.R.R.T. monogram were obliterated; but both reproductions carried the printed caption 'O Smaug the Chiefest and Greatest of Calamities' (Bilbo's words to the Dragon, Chapter 12, "Inside Information"). The painting was reproduced in The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973 and 1974, and in The Hobbit Calendar 1976.
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| current | 03:55, 6 February 2026 | | 1,713 × 2,162 (3.65 MB) | Paccyd33 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 03:50, 11 October 2024 (UTC) Colours are worse and I'd argue it's already a very detailed image and the tiny increase in quality isn't worth losing colour accuracy |
| 21:51, 19 January 2026 |  | 1,734 × 2,224 (3.74 MB) | PLord (talk | contribs) | Better quality | |
| 03:50, 11 October 2024 |  | 1,713 × 2,162 (3.65 MB) | Interlinked (talk | contribs) | Tolkien Art Index #18 | https://tai.tolkienists.org/tai/18/ | |
| 19:53, 23 June 2011 |  | 1,014 × 1,312 (577 KB) | Mith (talk | contribs) | This image was not used in the original impression of The Hobbit, 1937, which included no coloured illustrations, this painting appeared in the second English impression of the same year and in the first American edition, 1938. In the American edition the |
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