Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Castle Gateway beside the Water
A small boat waits below a great stone gateway. Two figures stand on the narrow bank or landing between the water and the castle walls. The vignette introduces the source’s notes to Kilhwch and Olwen.
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Illustrator not identified. "The Castle Gateway beside the Water" [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 285. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0284
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Illustrator not identified. The Castle Gateway beside the Water. The Mabinogion. Scan leaf 285. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0284