Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1937.
Hammond & Anderson biblio #A·3·b
This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in The Hobbit, presented in the same order. This list represents a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in The Hobbit.
TAI #15 | The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water | ||||||
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Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 26r The Hill perspectives black ink pencil watercolor white body color architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow plants · flowers · grasses rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Bag End Bagshot Row The Hill The Shire The Water | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | dust jacket | partially obscured; inscription banner omitted | |||
1938 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | 5, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | February | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | February | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | February | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | April | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | April | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [13] | 1, right | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·27 | December | ||||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·26 | December | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 3 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 39 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 5 | May | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-06-29 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 106 | 98 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | first plate, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 18 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 63 | monochrome | ||||
2004 | Tolkien: LotR — 50th Ann. Exhibition | [front cover] | item 1 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | [6] | as frontispiece of second printing of The Hobbit | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 33 | 11 | ||||
2015 | Art of LR | 18 | 2 | ||||
2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 2nd item | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [79] | enlarged detail | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [297] | item 136 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [323] | 107 | partially obscured; lacking title inscription | |||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 86 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [87] | enlarged detail showing Bag End and Bagshot Row. | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 79 | 13 | as “La Colline: Hobbiteville de l’autre côté de L’Eau” | |||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 9 | |||||
TAI #1 | Dust-jacket for The Hobbit, final art | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 32r tableaux black ink pencil watercolor white body color birds · eagles bridges · fords clouds · mists · snow dragons moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas stars sun trees · forests Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Esgaroth (Lake-town) Long Lake | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | dust jacket | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | front cover | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 3 | monochrome | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 54 | 99 | ||||
1992 | Family Album | 70 | top | right 45% only (front cover) | |||
1993 | Descriptive Bibliography | 6 | III | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 151 | 144 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | plate three, bottom | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 17 | monochrome | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | slipcase front | central 40% only | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | [5] | spine only | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 138 | 101 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [324–25] | item 146 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [84] | detail of back cover and spine | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [102 –] 3 | |||||
2018 | Writer’s Map | 161 | |||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 62–3 | 1 | as “Maquette de la jaquette pour Le Hobbit”; two-page spread | |||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 8 | |||||
TAI #2 | The Hobbit, final binding | ||||||
friezes tableaux finished binding Cirth dragons moon mountains · hills sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | covers | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | front cover | dragon from front cover only | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 3 | monochrome | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-05-29 | dragon from back cover only | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-07-10 | part of frieze only | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-09-18 | dragon from front cover only | |||
1993 | Descriptive Bibliography | 5 | II | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 148 | 142 | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | [i] | dragon from front cover only | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | [xiii] | dragon from front cover only | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 16, right | monochrome | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 135 | 98 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 320 | 106 | Bodleian Arch. AA e. 143 | |||
TAI #3 | Thror’s map East is on top. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 34r artifacts maps blue ink red ink arrows · compass roses Cirth dragons mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas spiders · insects Celduin (River Running) The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Long Lake Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | front endsheet | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 28 | monochrome, with yellow-brown runes; moon-letters omitted | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 63 | monochrome, with runes on left in light yellow-brown | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-03-13 | spider & web only, rotated | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-03-27 | upper dragon only, flipped horizontally | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-09-25 | manicule and runes (from left) only | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 50 | moon-letters omitted | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | [3] | lower dragon only; rust-colored ink | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 53 | 28 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [292–93] | 96 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 92 | |||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 117 | 49 | as “Carte de Thror, illustration du Hobbit” | |||
TAI #133 | Thror’s Map (original version) — See also TAI #134 On folio with TAI #134. | ||||||
Marquette MS. Tolkien MSs-1/1/1 artifacts maps black ink arrows · compass roses mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Celduin (River Running) Dale The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Esgaroth (Lake-town) The Forest River Long Lake Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) The Withered Heath | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | ii–iii | monochrome | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 29 | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | plate 4, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 10 | monochrome | ||||
2004 | Invented Worlds | 9 | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | vol. 1 frontispiece | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 50 | 24 | ||||
2011 | History of Hobbit 2 | frontispiece 1 | recto | ||||
2011 | Double Worlds/Creative Process | front cover | partially obscured | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [291] | item 134 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 116 | 48 | as “Carte de Thror (esquisse)” | |||
TAI #134 | Erebor sketch — See also TAI #133 On folio with TAI #133. | ||||||
Marquette MS. Tolkien MSs-1/1/1 perspectives tableaux pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas Celduin (River Running) Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | iii | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | plate 4, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 10 | monochrome | ||||
2004 | Invented Worlds | 9 | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | frontispiece | recto | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 50 | 24 | ||||
2011 | Double Worlds/Creative Process | front cover | almost entirely obscured | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [291] | item 134, lower right | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 116 | 48, lower right | ||||
TAI #4 | The Hill: Hobbiton across the Water | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 7r The Hill perspectives black ink white body color architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Bag End Bagshot Row The Hill The Shire The Water | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 4 | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [12] | 1, left | 2nd impression and later, per Christopher Tolkien’s preface to the 2nd edition. | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 16 | 6 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 39 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 105 | 97 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 62 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 32 | 10 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [298] | 98 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [76] | 11 | as “La Colline: Hobbiteville de l’autre côté de L’Eau”; cropped on left and bottom; green paper | |||
TAI #15 | The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the-Water | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 26r The Hill perspectives black ink pencil watercolor white body color architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow plants · flowers · grasses rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Bag End Bagshot Row The Hill The Shire The Water | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | dust jacket | partially obscured; inscription banner omitted | |||
1938 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | 5, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | February | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | February | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | February | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | April | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | April | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [13] | 1, right | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·27 | December | ||||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·26 | December | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 3 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 39 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 5 | May | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-06-29 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 106 | 98 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | first plate, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 18 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 63 | monochrome | ||||
2004 | Tolkien: LotR — 50th Ann. Exhibition | [front cover] | item 1 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | [6] | as frontispiece of second printing of The Hobbit | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 33 | 11 | ||||
2015 | Art of LR | 18 | 2 | ||||
2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 2nd item | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [79] | enlarged detail | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [297] | item 136 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [323] | 107 | partially obscured; lacking title inscription | |||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 86 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [87] | enlarged detail showing Bag End and Bagshot Row. | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 79 | 13 | as “La Colline: Hobbiteville de l’autre côté de L’Eau” | |||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 9 | |||||
TAI #135 | “Gate of the Elvenking’s Halls” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 33r elvenking’s gate perspectives black ink pencil architecture bridges · fords mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests The Forest River Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | i8 | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 184 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 127 | 120 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 224, bottom | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 82 | 53 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 89 | 59, bottom left | detail of entrance | |||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [90] | detail; on teal paper | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [94] | 25 | as “Porte du palais du roi des Elfes” | |||
TAI #39 | “The Lonely Mountain” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 102r perspectives black ink pencil buildings dragons moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas stars Smaug Celduin (River Running) Dale The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Ered Mithrin (Grey Mountains) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1974 | Lonely Mountain (poster) | E·ii·8 | |||||
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | i11 | per Hammond & Scull’s blog entry, “Foreword to the Hobbit” | |||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 32 | 41 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 230 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 143 | 136 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 273 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 111 | 77 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [104] | detail; on green paper | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 118 | 50 | as “La Montagne Solitaire” | |||
TAI #136 | Plan (I) of the Lonely Mountain — See also TAI #334 Arbitrarily assigned “I”. Hammond & Scull call this a “Plan of the Lonely Mountain”; Anderson a “schematic drawing … of the Lonely Mountain as seen from the west.” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 25r diagrams · designs black ink pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Celduin (River Running) The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | i12 | monochrome | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 218 | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 259, top | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate II, bottom | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 120 | 84 | ||||
TAI #137 | “The Back Door” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 48r perspectives tableaux pencil architecture Dwarves mountains · hills tools · instruments Bilbo Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | i13 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 138 | 131 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 259, bottom | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate IX, top | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 102 | 69 | ||||
TAI #138 | ”Bag End Underhill” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 3r perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings plants · flowers · grasses roads · paths trees · forests Bag End The Hill Hobbiton The Shire | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | i14 | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 24 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 98 | 90 | monochromen | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 46 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 22 | 2 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [80] | 14 | as “Cul-de-Sac, Souscolline” | |||
TAI #5 | The Trolls | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 9r perspectives black ink white body color fire tools · instruments trees · forests Trolls Rhudaur The Trollshaws | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 49 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | February | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | February | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [14] | 2, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [15] | 2, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 18 | 17 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 48 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 10 | October | colorized | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-10-05 | colorized | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 111 | 102 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 74 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 40 | 16 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [300] | item 137 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 88 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [89] | enlarged detail featuring the trolls themselves | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [back cover] | enlarged detail featuring the trolls themselves | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 140 | 66 | as “Les Trolls” | |||
TAI #16 | Rivendell | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 27r Rivendell friezes perspectives black ink pencil watercolor architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills plants · flowers · grasses rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Rhudaur Rivendell (Imladris) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1938 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | 58, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | March | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | June | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | March | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | May | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | May | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [23] | 6 | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·27 | January | ||||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·26 | January | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 57 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 8 | August | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | front cover | ||||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-06-01 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 117 | 108 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | first plate, bottom | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 89 | monochrome | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 48 | 23 | ||||
2015 | Art of LR | 57 | 34 | ||||
2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 10th item | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [303] | item 138 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 90 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [91] | detail showing Elrond’s house and the approach and bridge | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 93 | 24 | as “Fendeval” | |||
TAI #6 | The Mountain-path | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 13r perspectives black ink lightning mountains · hills roads · paths Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 68 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | November | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | November | colorized | |||
1978 | The Silmarillion | A·15·d | dust jacket | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [24] | 7, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [25] | 7, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 28 | 21 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 67 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 11 | November | colorized | ||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 118 | 109 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 102 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 58 | 34 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 304 | item 139 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 93 | |||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 107 | 39 | as “Le Sentier de montagne” | |||
TAI #7 | The Misty Mountains looking West from the Eyrie towards Goblin Gate | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 14r perspectives black ink birds · eagles clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills trees · forests Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 117 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | March | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | front cover | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | March | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [26] | 8, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [27] | 8, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 29 | 24 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 121 | ||||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1991-12-30 | colorized | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 47 | 92 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 119 | 111 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 158 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 62 | 38 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 109 | 41 | as “Les Montagnes de Brume vues du haut de l’Aire, regardant vers l’ouest et la porte des Gobelins” | |||
TAI #17 | “Bilbo Woke Up with the Early Sun in His Eyes” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 28r perspectives black ink watercolor white body color birds · eagles clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills trees · forests Bilbo Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1938 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | 118, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | April | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | March | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | April | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | September | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | September | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [29] | 9 | |||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 20 | 26 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 122 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 1 | January | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 55 | 102 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 121 | 113 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | second plate, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 160 | monochrome | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 63 | 39 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 141 | 103, bottom | detail of Bilbo | |||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [307] | item 140 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 98 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [99] | enlarged detail of eagle and Bilbo | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 106 | 38 | as “Bilbo se réveilla avec le soleil de l’aurore dans les yeux” | |||
TAI #8 | “Beorn’s Hall” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 17r perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings fire Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 126 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | January | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | January | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [30] | 10, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [31] | 10, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 30 | 27 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 130 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 12 | December | colorized | ||
1992 | Family Album | 58 | |||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 123 | 116 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 170 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 70 | 44 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [126] | cropped; green paper | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 132 | 60 | as “La Salle de Beorn, illustration du Hobbit” | |||
TAI #9 | Mirkwood — See also TAI #29 Original is lost; all reproductions are of the 1937 plate. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 27r friezes perspectives black ink pencil trees · forests Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 146, facing | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [84] | 37, left | monochrome | ||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 153 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 96 | 88 | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 192 | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate VII, top | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 75 | 47 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 39 | 18 | from published “The Hobbit” plate | |||
TAI #10 | ‘The ElvenKing’s Gate’ | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 19r elvenking’s gate perspectives black ink pencil architecture bridges · fords buildings rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests The Forest River Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 177 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | July | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | July | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [34] | 12, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [35] | 12, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 31 | 33 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 184 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 7 | July | colorized | ||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 128 | 121 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 224 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | front cover | inverted coloring | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 88 | 58 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 89 | 59, bottom right | detail of entrance | |||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | back cover | inverted coloring | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 174 | 68 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 95 | 26 | as “La Porte du roi des Elfes” | |||
TAI #22 | Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 29r barrel rider perspectives pencil watercolor white body color architecture buildings mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas sun trees · forests Bilbo The Forest River Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1966 | The Hobbit | A·3·i | 192, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | May | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | May | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | May | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | June | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | June | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [39] | 14 | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·27 | June | ||||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | cover | ||||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·26 | June | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 199 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 3 | March | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-03-30 | ||||
1992 | Life & Legend | 58 | 103 | ||||
1992 | Family Album | 57 | in poster for Bodleian Library exhibit, “Drawings for ‘The Hobbit’ by J.R.R. Tolkien” | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 131 | 124 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | second plate, bottom | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 239 | monochrome | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 95 | 64 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 141 | 103, center right | detail of Bilbo | |||
2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 3rd item | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [front cover] | enlarged detail | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [309] | item 141 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 94 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [95] | enlarged detail of Bilbo and barrels | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 85 | 18 | as “Bilbo arrive aux huttes des Elfes des radeaux” | |||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 104 | |||||
TAI #11 | “Lake Town” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 23r perspectives black ink pencil architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow rivers · lakes · seas ships · boats trees · forests Celduin (River Running) Esgaroth (Lake-town) Long Lake Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 196 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | August | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | August | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [40] | 15, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [41] | 15, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 32 | 38 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 202 | monochrome, with yellow-brown border | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 6 | June | colorized | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-04-27 | colorized | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 133 | 127 | ||||
1995 | Tolkien: Básně | dust cover | colorized detail of center right | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 244 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 98 | 66 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 120–1 | 52 | as “Le Bourg-du-Lac, illustration du Hobbit”; two-page spread | |||
TAI #12 | “The Front Gate” — See also TAI #238 | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 24r perspectives black ink pencil architecture clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Celduin (River Running) Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 209 | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | October | colorized | |||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | October | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [42] | 16, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [43] | 16, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 33 | 40 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 215 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 2 | February | colorized | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-02-24 | colorized | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 137 | 130 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 256 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 101 | 68 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 119 | 51 | as “La Grande Porte, illustration du Hobbit” | |||
TAI #18 | “Conversation with Smaug” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 30r perspectives black ink colored ink pencil watercolor white body color architecture Cirth dragons rings · jewels · gold weapons Bilbo Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1938 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | 228, facing | ||||
1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | June | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | July | ||||
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | June | ||||
1975 | ’76 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·10 | December | ||||
1977 | ’78 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·13 | December | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [45] | 17 | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·27 | July | ||||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 25 | 42 | |||
1987 | ’88 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·26 | July | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 3 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 230 | monochrome | |||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 4 | April | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-03 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 140 | 133 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | third plate, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | dust jacket | center only | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 18 | monochrome; as part of first American dust jacket | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 277 | monochrome | ||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate XI, top | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 104 | 71 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 141 | 103, center | detail of Bilbo | |||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [288] | enlarged detail showing Smaug, Bilbo, and the Arkenstone | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [314] | item 143 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | front cover | detail | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 100 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [101] | enlarged detail showing Smaug, Bilbo, and the Arkenstone | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 122 | 53 | as “Conversation avec Smaug, illustration du Hobbit” | |||
TAI #13 | “The Hall at Bag-End, Residence of B. Baggins Esquire” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 25r perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings roads · paths trees · forests Bilbo Bag End The Hill The Shire | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·a | 307 | ||||
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | February | colorized | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [50] | 20, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [51] | 20, right | colorized | ||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 34 | 49 | |||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 315 | ||||
1991 | Hobbit Birthday Book | E·ii·28 | 9 | September | colorized | ||
1992 | Life & Legend | [45] | 97 | middle third, without caption | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 146 | 139 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 363 | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 127 | 90 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 141 | 103, top center | detail of Bilbo | |||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 81 | 15 | as “Le Hall de Cul-de-Sac, résidence de M.B. Bessac” | |||
TAI #14 | Wilderland — See also TAI #463 | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 35r friezes maps black ink blue ink arrows · compass roses dragons mountains · hills roads · paths spiders · insects trees · forests Anduin Bruinen (Loudwater) Carrock Celduin (River Running) The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Ered Mithrin (Grey Mountains) Esgaroth (Lake-town) The Forest River The Old Forest Road The Gladden Fields River Gladden Greylin River Langwell Long Lake Mirkwood Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Mitheithel (Hoarwell) Mount Gundabad Mountains of Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) Rhudaur Rivendell (Imladris) The Withered Heath | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1937 | The Hobbit | A·3·b | back endsheet | in red and black; two-page spread | |||
1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 44 | 52 | monochrome | ||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 336 | monochrome | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-06-26 | dragon only, in red, mirror image | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 94 | 87 | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 399 | monochrome | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [318–19] | item 144 | in blue and black | |||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 96 | in blue and black | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [97] | enlarged detail; in blue and black | ||||
2018 | Writer’s Map | [72–3] | in red and black; two-page spread | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [136]–7 | 63 | as “La Contrée Sauvage, illustration du Hobbit”; in blue and black; two-page spread |
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.