For #OCTOBER 1976
‘The Front Gate’ Drawing by J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973).
Coloured version by H. E. Riddett for *The Hobbit Calendar 1976* (George Allen & Unwin) for October.
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‘The original was published in the first impression of The Hobbit, 1937 (in Chapter 11, On the Doorstep). The coloured version by H. E. Riddett was made for The Hobbit Calendar 1976 and has been used in some illustrated editions of the book’. - Christopher Tolkien, Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrations by by J. R. R. Tolkien (George Allen and Unwin [UK], Houghton Mifflin [US] 1979) (http://www.slideshare.net/leonardorosati1675/pictures-by-jrr-tolkien)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:lcxdn7fcxeec4lw454ihzair/bafkreiccjhbniex3rvxsydkjuu7akxjwtmxkw6prdu2pjfhjralut6zxmq@jpeg)