Tolkien, J.R.R., and Christopher Tolkien. The War of the Ring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Hammond & Anderson biblio #A·28 | WorldCat
This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in The War of the Ring, presented in the same order. This list represents a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in The War of the Ring.
| TAI #50 | “Dunharrow” | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 79r perspectives colored pencil pencil clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills roads · paths trees · forests Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | July | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [69] | 29 | |||
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | i | plate, recto | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 171 | 166 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 159 | 124 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [357] | item 163 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [116] | enlarged detail of standing stones | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 117 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [144] | cropped; on salmon paper | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 153 | 77 | as “Dunhart” | |||
| TAI #53 | “Shelob’s Lair” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 81r perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil buildings clouds · mists · snow fire mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | September | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [67] | 28 | |||
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | i | plate, verso | |||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 73 | 160 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 175 | 171 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 125 | 93 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 192 | 115 | as “L’antre d’Araigne” | |||
| TAI #161 | Orthanc 4, west elevation | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 98, fol. 2 diagrams · designs pencil architecture buildings Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 33 | upper left | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 107 | 78, upper left | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [171] | 94, upper left | as part of “Croquis d’Orthanc, II & III” | |||
| TAI #162 | Orthanc 4, south elevation | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 98, fol. 2 diagrams · designs pencil architecture buildings Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 33 | left | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 107 | 78, left | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [171] | 94, left | as part of “Croquis d’Orthanc, II & III” | |||
| TAI #163 | “Orthanc 3” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 98, fol. 2 diagrams · designs pencil architecture bridges · fords buildings mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas Isengard Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 33 | upper right | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 107 | 78, upper right | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [171] | 94, upper right | as part of “Croquis d’Orthanc, II & III” | |||
| TAI #164 | “Orthanc (2)” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 98, fol. 2 diagrams · designs pencil architecture buildings rivers · lakes · seas Isengard Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 33 | center | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 107 | 78, center | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [171] | 94, center | as part of “Croquis d’Orthanc, II & III” | |||
| TAI #123 | “Isengard & Orthanc (5)” | ||||||
| Marquette 3/5/8/21a perspectives pencil architecture buildings mountains · hills Isengard Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1984 | CatalogOfMSs | E·i·3 | 15 | ||||
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 34 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 168 | 164 | monochrome | |||
| 2004 | Invented Worlds | front cover | |||||
| 2004 | Invented Worlds | 10 | |||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 113 | 82 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 173 | 96 | as “Isengard et Orthanc, année 1940” | |||
| TAI #165 | Early sketch for Kirith Ungol (I) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/11/2a diagrams · designs black ink buildings mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ennyn Dûr (Mordor Gates) Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 108 | I | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 118 | 86 | ||||
| TAI #166 | Early sketch of Kirith Ungol (III) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/11/9a diagrams · designs black ink buildings mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ennyn Dûr (Mordor Gates) Minas Morgul Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 108 | II | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 119 | 88 | ||||
| TAI #167 | Early idea for Kirith Ungol (IV) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/11/13a diagrams · designs black ink buildings mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 114 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 120 | 89 | ||||
| TAI #168 | Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 126r maps blue pen colored pencil pencil pink pen bridges · fords mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Gondor Plateau of Gorgoroth Ithilien Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Rohan | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 117 | 1 | detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey from Emyn Muil to the Morannon; redrawn in black ink by CT | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 134 | 102 | detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey from Emyn Muil to the Morannon | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 183 | 144 | detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey in Mordor | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 206 | 161 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 3rd item (“Rohan ~ Gondor ~ Mordor”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 394–[95] | item 178 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 132 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [133] | enlarged detail centering on Minas Tirith | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [148]–9 | 74 | as “Carte du Rohan, du Gondor et du Mordor, vers 1948”; two-page spread | |||
| TAI #169 | Minas Morghul and the Cross-roads | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 127r maps black ink colored pencil pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths The Cross-roads Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Minas Morgul Mordor Morgul Vale | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 181 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 123 | 91 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [387] | item 174 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 128 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [129] | enlarged detail of Minas Morgul and the Cross-roads | ||||
| TAI #170 | Plan of Shelob’s Lair North and south (not east and west!) are flipped on the compass rose: arrows point in direction of travel, which was indeed west to east. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 16r diagrams · designs black ink blue ink pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 201 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 126 | 94 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 193 | 116 | as “Plan de l’antre d’Araigne” | |||
| TAI #171 | Kirith Ungol from the second stair (II) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/6/8/5a perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil buildings fire mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 204 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 176 | 172 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 129 | 96 | ||||
| TAI #172 | Simplified plan of Shelob’s lair | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/17/28b, p. 62 diagrams · designs pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 225 | monochrome; typing removed (or CT redrawing?) | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 130 | 97 | ||||
| TAI #173 | Early sketch of Dunharrow II | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/8a diagrams · designs perspectives pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 239 | center (hidden by text) | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 150 | 115, center | ||||
| TAI #174 | Early sketch of Dunharrow III | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/8a diagrams · designs perspectives pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 239 | right | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 150 | 115, center right | ||||
| TAI #175 | Early sketch of Dunharrow IV | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/8a diagrams · designs perspectives pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 239 | bottom | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 150 | 115, bottom | ||||
| TAI #176 | Plan of Harrowdale | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/23/2a maps blue ink mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Dunharrow Edna Edoras Harrowdale Snowbourne Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 258 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 161 | 125 | ||||
| TAI #177 | Earliest sketch of Minas Tirith | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/2/23/5a perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings mountains · hills Minas Tirith Mindolluin White Tower | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 261 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 172 | 167 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 141 | 105 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [156] | slightly cropped; orange paper | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 159 | 83 | as “Une des premières représentations de Minas Tirith, Octobre 1944” | |||
| TAI #178 | Map of Rohan and Gondor (original art) — See also TAI #419 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 118r maps colored pencil pencil fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) The Cross-roads Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Osgiliath Rohan | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 269 | redrawn in black in by CT | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 168 | 132 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 402 | |||||
| TAI #179 | Mindolluin (I) — See also TAI #180 Together with TAI 180. | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b maps black ink mountains · hills Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 280 | upper: top left | monochrome | ||
| 2004 | Invented Worlds | 23 | |||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 144 | 108, center upper left | ||||
| TAI #180 | Mindolluin (II) — See also TAI #179 Together with TAI 179. | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b maps black ink mountains · hills Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 280 | upper: bottom right | monochrome | ||
| 2004 | Invented Worlds | 23 | |||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 144 | 108, center lower right | ||||
| TAI #181 | Minas Tirith | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b maps black ink mountains · hills roads · paths Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 280 | lower | |||
| 2004 | Invented Worlds | 23 | |||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 144 | 108, near bottom | ||||
| TAI #182 | Plan of Minas Tirith Compass rose has west and south switched. — cwmh | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/1/4b maps pencil arrows · compass roses mountains · hills roads · paths Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin Rath Dínen (Silent Street) White Tower | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 290 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 147 | 110 | ||||
| TAI #183 | Later sketch of Dunharrow (I) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/11a diagrams · designs perspectives black ink pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 314 | upper left | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 164 | 128, center left | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 152 | 76, upper left | as one of “Trois croquis de Dunhart, vers 1944?” | |||
| TAI #184 | Later sketch of Dunharrow (II) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/11a perspectives pencil mountains · hills roads · paths trees · forests Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 314 | lower left | monochrome | ||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 164 | 128, bottom left | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 152 | 76, lower left | as one of “Trois croquis de Dunhart, vers 1944?” | |||
| TAI #185 | Later sketch of Dunharrow (III) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/6/11a diagrams · designs pencil mountains · hills Dunharrow Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Rohan Starkhorn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 314 | lower right | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 164 | 128, bottom right | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 152 | 76, lower right | as one of “Trois croquis de Dunhart, vers 1944?” | |||
| TAI #186 | The ‘Second Map’ of Middle-earth | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 123r maps black ink blue ink colored chalk colored pencil pencil red ink mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Emyn Muil Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Ered Lithui (Ashen Mountains) Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Rohan Udûn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 434–5 | redrawn in black ink by CT | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 135 | 103 | track of Frodo and Sam | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 136 | 104 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 179 | 141 | detail of NW Mordor | |||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 400–[01] | item 180 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 134 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [135] | enlarged detail of the White Mountains | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [146] | 72 | as “Carte de travail du Rohan, du Gondor et du Mordor, vers 1946” | |||
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