File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Dragon.jpg
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This painting by J.R.R. Tolkien dates from September 1927. Beneath the coiled dragon appear in the original some words from the Old English poem Beowulf (line 2561), hringbogan heorte gefysed, rendered in J.R.R. Tolkien's translation of the poem "...the heart of the coiling beast stirred".[1]
This drawing was published in the J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 and appears on the cover of the Deluxe edition of The Hobbit (1976). It was reproduced as plate nr. 48 in J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator. Also used as the front cover of Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary (2014).
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This work is copyrighted and owned by the Tolkien Estate. It is believed that the use of this image,
- on the not-for-profit educational Tolkien Gateway website,
qualifies as fair use under copyright law in the United States of America.
References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, pp. 52-3
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| current | 01:05, 21 February 2006 | | 800 × 650 (57 KB) | Hyarion (talk | contribs) | This painting by J.R.R. Tolkien dates from around 1927-8 as the paintings and drawings illustrating The Silmarillion. Beneath the coiled dragon appear in the original some words from the Old English poem Beowulf (line 2561): :hringbogan heorte gefys |
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