Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Old-Time Gwahoddwr
A standing man holds a tall staff wound with flowers, drawing the attention of a gathering beside him. Seated guests hold cups at a table, while additional faces crowd behind them. The figure’s lifted hand directs the viewer towards the garland. The caption identifies the old-time gwahoddwr. The following page describes this wedding-bidding representative as a person skilled in pedigrees and family traditions, bearing a garlanded staff as the emblem of his office. The illustration gives that staff a prominent position within the gathering. Its full border and identifying caption are preserved; the catalogue follows the book’s illustration credit rather than supplying an independently established biography of the pictured man.
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T. H. Thomas (book illustration credit). "The Old-Time Gwahoddwr" [editorial title]. In British Goblins, Wirt Sikes; illustrations by T. H. Thomas. 1880, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Source scan leaf 325. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-324
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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). The Old-Time Gwahoddwr. British Goblins. Scan leaf 325. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-324