The pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien. 39. Polar Bear had fallen from top to bottom onto his nose

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Published in The Father Christmas Letters, 1976, and again (with the decorative borders removed) in The J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar 1979, this painting of the interior of Cliff House at the North Pole, together with a letter describing the event, was delivered to J. R. R. Tolkien's children at Christmas 1928, and thus belongs to the prolific period of painting from which derive the illustrations to The Silmarillion in this book.

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