File:TN-Luthien-Web.jpg

Lúthien—a gouache painting depicting a scene from The Silmarillion—by artist Ted Nasmith. It was first published in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar.

Source: http://www.tednasmith.com/silmarillion/TN-Luthien.html

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