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Museum-Quality Matte Paper Print available in two sizes:
12" x 16" (30cm x 40cm): $35.00
24" x 32" (60cm x 80cm): $48.00
 
“The dark river opened suddenly wide, and there it was joined to the main water of the Forest River flowing down in haste from the king's great doors. There was a dim sheet of water no longer over-shadowed, and on its sliding surface there were dancing and broken reflections of clouds and of stars.” - The Hobbit, Chapter IX: Barrels out of Bond
 
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit gives us a fleeting but enchanting glimpse of the raft-elves: some of the Elvenking's folk who live in huts along the Forest River and who steward the barrels of goods along their way to Lake-town. This hand done painting is meticulously based on Professor Tolkien's original illustration, but with a chance to see the raft-elves at work and enjoying their sylvan, riparian existence.
 
Bring home a museum-quality print to enjoy these details:
 
Raft-elves are not the highest of the elves we meet in Tolkien's legendarium, yet the telltale moonrise-like glow about their feet identifies them as belonging to the Fair Folk.
These elves are dressed for an active life, and the foremost elf has a coil of rope at his belt for lashing barrels together.
The warm lights of the elves' simple huts look very inviting in the night, and Bilbo is so hungry that he pilfers a pie from these dwellings.
Bilbo is, of course, invisible because he is wearing the Ring, and the dwarves are tidied away most uncomfortably in the bobbing casks.
 
J.R.R. Tolkien's genius can turn a few simple passages into a vision of beauty that lasts a lifetime. Celebrate the charms of the Raft-elves by hanging this print in your Tolkien reading corner!