Art, Symbol & Imagination
Kilhwch and Olwen: The Opening Vignette
A large boar occupies the foreground while figures and a pale horse appear among the trees behind it. Dense foliage gives the small scene a secluded woodland setting. The vignette opens Kilhwch and Olwen, whose first paragraphs recount Kilhwch’s birth beside a swineherd’s animals.
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Illustrator not identified. "Kilhwch and Olwen: The Opening Vignette" [editorial title]. In The Mabinogion, Anonymous; translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. Second edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1877; English translation with notes, 1877, Bernard Quaritch. Source scan leaf 243. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0242
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Illustrator not identified. Kilhwch and Olwen: The Opening Vignette. The Mabinogion. Scan leaf 243. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0242