Tolkien Art Index

5 TAI reproductions in The Return of the Shadow

Tolkien, J.R.R., and Christopher Tolkien. The Return of the Shadow. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988.

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This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in The Return of the Shadow, presented in the same order. This list represents a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in The Return of the Shadow.

TAI #144Earliest map of the Shire
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 104r
maps
black ink blue ink pencil red ink
bridges · fords mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests
Baranduin (Brandywine) The Barrow Downs Bywater The East-West Road The Hill Hobbiton The Old Forest The Shire The Water The Withywindle Woodhall Woody End 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1988HM6: Shadow iiiplate
2015Art of LR 2611
2015Tolkien Estate web site Maps gallery1st item (“The Shire”)
2018Maker of Middle-earth 390–[91]item 176
2018Tolkien Treasures 122
2018Tolkien Treasures [123]enlarged detail
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [82]16as “Première carte du Comté”
TAI #145map of the East Road and river crossings near Rivendell
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2, fol. 10
maps
bridges · fords mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths
Bruinen (Loudwater) The East-West Road Ettenmoors Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Mitheithel (Hoarwell) Mount Gundabad Rhudaur Rivendell (Imladris) 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1988HM6: Shadow 201aboveredrawn by CT
2015Art of LR 5331
TAI #146Map of roads and rivers between Weathertop and the Ford of Bruinen II — See also TAI #366
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2
maps
colored pencil pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests
Bruinen (Loudwater) The East-West Road Mitheithel (Hoarwell) Rhudaur The Trollshaws Weathertop 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1988HM6: Shadow 201belowredrawn by CT
2015Art of LR 5030, bottom
TAI #147Plan of Bree
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2, fol. 2v
maps
black ink pencil
buildings mountains · hills roads · paths
Bree The East-West Road The Greenway 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1988HM6: Shadow 335monochrome
2015Art of LR 4525
TAI #148Map of the Misty Mountains and lands to the south and east
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2, fol. 12
maps
black ink pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests
Anduin Bree Bruinen (Loudwater) Dimril Dale Eregion (Hollin) Fangorn Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Mitheithel (Hoarwell) Moria Rhovanion (Wilderland) Rivendell (Imladris) 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1988HM6: Shadow 439monochrome
2015Art of LR 5835

All images by J.R.R. Tolkien are copyright © The Tolkien Estate Limited or © The Tolkien Trust. The omission of greeting cards and jigsaw puzzles from the above list of sources is intentional.