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Title: Welcome to Bag End
Submitted By: HobbitFriend
Date: August 3, 2002
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79 Comments

  1. Anonymous
    August 15, 2002

    cool

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    k
    August 17, 2002

    wow- so very “bag end” perfect

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    Astaldolaithiel
    November 13, 2002

    brilliant. just brilliant. *sigh*

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    Salix
    November 21, 2002

    This, and his picture of Gandalf walking are my two favorite picture’s by John Howe.

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    tracy
    February 15, 2003

    I love this picture

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    Erúwë
    March 2, 2003

    It feels so real, i love it!

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    Cressida
    March 11, 2003

    Almost like a photograph of the set … *shivers with pleasure*

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    leonor
    April 15, 2003

    imagine living in that house with that view every morning from your doorway…now that’s a comforting thought

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    ~archangeli~
    April 24, 2003

    I think this is how everyone imagined Bag Eng to look like.

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    Findabhair
    May 6, 2003

    What an incredible picture. *sigh* I love it.

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    *ElfPrincessOfMirkwood*
    June 2, 2003

    that is so perfect!

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    Lady-Eowyn
    June 5, 2003

    wow, one of the best pictures of Bag end i have seen!

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    tani
    July 3, 2003

    I can almost see Gandalf walking through that door and smacking his head into the chandelier(sp?)!!

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    QueenHuntressArwen
    July 16, 2003

    like the movie

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    Londe
    August 10, 2003

    This is my favorite John Howe picture

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    johan
    September 13, 2003

    this is just…real

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    diane
    October 4, 2003

    I wish I lived there. Unbelievable!!!!

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    Roosihaldjas
    October 7, 2003

    Beautiful picture! John Howe is very good artist!

  19. Anonymous
    October 9, 2003

    when i first saw this i thought it was from the movie! it looks so real!

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    Giluinmor
    October 11, 2003

    I’d say they based the set of bag end on this pic… though the door is hinged on the other side in the film.

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    Tobajuss
    October 11, 2003

    Adorable, ambrosial, divine!!! 🙂

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    Elenrial
    November 12, 2003

    It’s the classic Bag End. Perfection.

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    Eowyn_The_White_Lady
    December 10, 2003

    awsome…awsome…..and more awsome…..

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    calenelleth
    December 14, 2003

    i thought this was a photograph when it first uploaded…

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    Elfhild
    December 28, 2003

    Me too Calenelleth, me too. Can´t belive that Frodo sold his beautiful home *sniffles*

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    ~EllianaWithywindle~
    January 10, 2004

    I love it!! Lets pretend that Frodo never sold his beautiful home to the fat heads er..sackville baggins

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    RosieTheCarnivorouseBeast
    January 18, 2004

    i wish i was a hobbit! i want to live in the shire!

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    LadyArwenOfRivendell
    February 11, 2004

    something just dropped…MY JAW! someone else has credit 4 that…its on a fanfic here…dont know who tho

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    LinweSingollo
    March 4, 2004

    my dream house!

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    LúthienTínuviel_BillyOrli
    March 8, 2004

    I like. I would love living in Bag End. But, who wouldn’t?

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    BeckynLij4eva
    March 10, 2004

    That is a beautiful picture!

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    fosca44
    March 17, 2004

    One of my favourite illustration – it even surpasses the movie! Now, who wouldn’t wish to live like that?

  33. Anonymous
    March 18, 2004

    it almost looks like a photo

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    Miss_Primrose_Took
    March 18, 2004

    I thought that was a photo. i AM a Fool of a Took!

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    LadyRanger
    March 21, 2004

    I totally agree; it looks like a photo! Truly amazing!

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    HeartofSamwise
    March 29, 2004

    I love this one. It looks like you can just step into the picture. So beautiful.

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    The_Lovely_Laurewen
    March 30, 2004

    I agree with Primrose. I’m a fool of a Brandybuck! Looks like a picture, my precious!

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    Eowyn22
    April 3, 2004

    Well,I guess I’M a Fool of a Shieldmaiden!

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    zainy_Elf1701
    April 5, 2004

    exactly what I thought Bag End would look like.

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    Lithe
    April 10, 2004

    I love the fact that PJ hired both Howe & Lee to work on set. Howe “finished” this original work for the set

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    bigbluebugeyes
    April 16, 2004

    Wow its so clean and shiny!

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    galadriel925
    April 23, 2004

    oh i LOVE this!! looks so..so hobbit like!

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    WingZero
    April 27, 2004

    Very cozy

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    sairina_star
    May 5, 2004

    no place like Bag End. if only i lived there, right viresse?

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    viressegurl
    May 5, 2004

    shiny house. too bad if i go in there, my head will hit the ceiling.

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    lotrfreak
    May 8, 2004

    I want the house iam jealous of Hobbits lol!

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    Elijahs_gurl009
    May 30, 2004

    Beutiful! like a summer day…with no school! lol

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    kormakolindo
    July 3, 2004

    Howe never fails to amaze me… beautiful.

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    Aragorns_Arwen
    July 6, 2004

    Perfect! 😀

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    The_seventh_Ringbearer
    August 11, 2004

    This is exactly how I pictured it. Just without the bottle on the table.

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    Lady~Eowyn
    August 19, 2004

    Now how perfect is that!?

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    Ireth_Telrunya
    September 29, 2004

    beautiful!

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    ArwenEvenstar985
    January 14, 2005

    Wow! It looks exactly like a real picture! And the view of Bag End is incredible! I wish that was my house :(!

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    Voronwevinyamar
    January 27, 2005

    Wow, this is amazing!

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    Hammadristor
    February 4, 2005

    *gasp* I looooove it!

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    pyro_hobbit989
    March 12, 2005

    THAT’S where I want to live!!!!

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    LadyCelebrian
    April 1, 2005

    I love this pic!!!!!!!!!!

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    eowyn_fan99
    April 28, 2005

    Ok this one is my favorite! It’s so awesome!!!!

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    oblifiac
    May 4, 2005

    HOLY SMOKES!!!

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    Gwaelindë
    May 23, 2005

    Ahh my home away from Rivendell

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    Dylan
    June 19, 2005

    AMAZING!

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    Shadow_and_Flame
    July 9, 2005

    O this is the prfect pic of a hobbit hole! Its really pretty! Almost looks like a photograph..

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    elfgurrl
    August 23, 2005

    Wow! Maybe I’ll renounce the elf-life, turn in the flowing robes and grab a straw hat! I WANT TO LIVE HERE!!!!

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    earundra
    August 25, 2005

    Are you sure you drew this? it looks like a photo to me.

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    WonderBroad
    August 30, 2005

    Really, really nice. It glows.

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    hobbitee
    August 31, 2005

    When I first saw it, I thought it was a photo! Looks just like it, cluttered, but also big and mansion-like!

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    luv_greenleaf
    February 10, 2006

    *silence* WOW……

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    heir~of~valar
    February 22, 2006

    looks so real

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    MerryandPip
    March 29, 2006

    Pretty…

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    shire~hobbit
    April 27, 2006

    …wow…..it looks so pretty…i want 2 touch it *tap*

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    arphenon_of_mirkwood
    August 7, 2006

    i wish i lived there

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    Sana
    October 8, 2006

    amazing

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    Ciniver
    July 9, 2007

    I thinkk its beautiful. If I built a house it would be just like that. I want to live in a hobbit hole

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    RodwenofRohan
    November 11, 2007

    I’m gonna move here. now.*leaves Rohan in the dust*

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    Nenluinil
    October 23, 2008

    I would like to live there……..only if it were a little bit bigger.

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    LOTR_obsessed_loony
    June 12, 2010

    :O Want! Want! Can has? 🙂

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    Heryn~Nithpantiel
    May 21, 2011

    I LOVE this pic!

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    Erugened
    August 25, 2011

    John Howe was an awesome artist!!! its just so cool. though that doesn’t begin to describe how great it is.

  79. FaramirsBlessing
    March 15, 2012

    That’s so pretty! I want to live in a house just like that. . . no wonder Bilbo and Frodo were so happy there! It’s so calming!

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