Fairy Tales & Folklore
Fairy Figures in a Woodland Ornament
Small figures cluster within a compact woodland ornament beneath the contents list. Pointed leaves, stems and irregular natural shapes surround the group, while two long stems cross above them to close the composition. This is an uncaptioned decorative vignette rather than an illustration assigned to one named tale. It appears at the end of the contents, below the final chapter listing. The editorial title describes its visible fairy imagery without identifying the figures as a particular class of Welsh spirit. The complete ornament is isolated from the surrounding list, retaining its fine outer marks and the visible monogram.
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T. H. Thomas (book illustration credit). "Fairy Figures in a Woodland Ornament" [editorial title]. In British Goblins, Wirt Sikes; illustrations by T. H. Thomas. 1880, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Source scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-15
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
Full source scan, printed caption and nearby prose actually viewed. Complete image boundary, caption and visible signatures preserved. Crop from checksum-verified private R2 reader derivative; no recolouring or reconstruction.
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T. H. Thomas (book illustration credit). Fairy Figures in a Woodland Ornament. British Goblins. Scan leaf 16. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-15