Fairy Tales & Folklore
The Gwraig of the Golden Boat
A long-haired woman stands in a boat at the edge of a moonlit lake, reaching towards a man who raises both hands. Reeds and broken vegetation frame the foreground, and the moon appears between dark mountains beyond the water. The printed caption names the gwraig of the golden boat. The preceding account describes a farmer attracted to the lake maiden and advised to offer bread and cheese; the following page tells of her acceptance and the condition governing their marriage. The crop preserves the complete illustration, its caption and visible monograms. The scene belongs to Sikes’s collected narrative, rather than serving as evidence for an actual encounter.
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T. H. Thomas (book illustration credit). "The Gwraig of the Golden Boat" [editorial title]. In British Goblins, Wirt Sikes; illustrations by T. H. Thomas. 1880, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington. Source scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-57
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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 Gwraig of the Golden Boat. British Goblins. Scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/british-goblins-plate-57