Tolkien Art Index

6 TAI reproductions in Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien

J.R.R. Tolkien, Ashmolean Museum, and National Book League. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 14th December – 27th February, 1976–1977 and at the National Book League, 7 Albemarle Street, London W1, 2nd March – 7th April, 1977. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1976.

Hammond & Anderson biblio #E·i·1 | WorldCat

This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien, presented in the same order. This list represents a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in Catalogue of an Exhibition of Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien.

TAI #40	“hringboga heorte gefysed” — See also TAI #213 ‘”Now was the heart of the coiling beast stirred“, Beowulf, line 2,561.’ Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, p. 270.
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 37r tableaux black ink pencil watercolor dragons	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[upper cover]
1978	’79 Calendar (Unwin)	E·ii·18	January	top
1979	Pictures 1	E·i·2	[91]	40, top
1991	’92 Diary	E·ii·29	1992-11-06
1992	Life & Legend		[3]		monochrome
1992	Life & Legend		[52]	132	monochrome
1995	Art. & Ill.		52	48, center
1995	Art. & Ill.		back cover
2014	Beowulf		dust jacket (front)
2014	Beowulf		[frontispiece]
2015	Tolkien Estate web site		Website Illustrations gallery	9th item
2018	Maker of Middle-earth		[271]	95, center
2018	Tolkien Treasures		[57]	center
2019	Voyage en Terre du Milieu		233	153, center	as “Dragon torsadé”
TAI #41	Design for The Hobbit front cover
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink pencil white body color dragons mountains · hills	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[11]		top dragon only
1988	Annotated Hobbit 1	A·3·dd	[i]		top dragon only
1988	Annotated Hobbit 1	A·3·dd	[xi]		top dragon only
1995	Art. & Ill.		147	140
2011	Art of Hobbit		130	92
TAI #42	Dwarves marching — See also TAI #46
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 19r tableaux black ink pencil Dwarves mountains · hills	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[13]
1988	Annotated Hobbit 1	A·3·dd	40		monochrome
1995	Art. & Ill.		112	103, bottom
2002	Annotated Hobbit 2		65
2007	History of Hobbit		plate IX, bottom
2011	Art of Hobbit		107	73, bottom
TAI #45	Dragon and Warrior
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 39 tableaux black ink pencil watercolor dragons fire weapons	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[17]		monochrome
1978	’79 Calendar (Unwin)	E·ii·18	January	bottom right
1979	Pictures 1	E·i·2	[91]	40, lower right
1991	’92 Diary	E·ii·29	1992-12-05		mirror image
1995	Art. & Ill.		52	49
2011	Art of Hobbit		52	27
TAI #46	Smaug in flight — See also TAI #42
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 19r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink pencil dragons Smaug	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[19]
1988	Annotated Hobbit 1	A·3·dd	40		monochrome
1995	Art. & Ill.		112	103, top right
2002	Annotated Hobbit 2		65
2007	History of Hobbit		plate IX, bottom
2011	Art of Hobbit		107	73, top right
TAI #19	Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (V)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 69r diagrams · designs black ink gold ink pencil red ink eyes rings · jewels · gold Tengwar Sauron	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1954	The Lord of the Rings	A·5	dust jacket		the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1954	The Lord of the Rings	A·5	front cover		the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[back cover]		the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1976	’77 Calendar (Unwin)	E·ii·12	front cover		against black background, the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
1993	Descriptive Bibliography		93	VII	monochrome, the One Ring, Narya, lidless eye, and Tengwar only, redrawn by printer’s artist
2015	Art of LR		216	172

TAI #40

“hringboga heorte gefysed” — See also TAI #213

‘”Now was the heart of the coiling beast stirred“, Beowulf, line 2,561.’ Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, p. 270.

Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 37r

tableaux
black ink pencil watercolor
dragons

Year

Source

H&A

Page

Figure

Notes

1976