This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in Tolkien Estate web site, presented in the same order. Insofar as TAI at this time indexes only artwork that is not demonstrably un-related to Middle-earth (see Purpose & Scope), this may not represent a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in Tolkien Estate web site.
| TAI #313 | grass | ||||||
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| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 53r tableaux black ink green ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 198 | 196, right | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 1st item (“Stylized Grasses”) | ||||
| 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 #24 | “Old Man Willow” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 71r perspectives colored pencil pencil clouds · mists · snow plants · flowers · grasses rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests The Old Forest The Withywindle | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | August | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | August | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | August | ||||
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | January | Drawings by J.R.R. Tolkien states this is an “enlarged detail.” Hammond & Anderson does not. Could someone check this? | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [53] | 21 | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 155 | 147 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 42 | 23 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 4th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [334–35] | item 151 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [111] | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 130–1 | 59 | as “Vieil Homme-Saule”; two-page spread | |||
| TAI #28 | ‘The Forest of Lothlorien in Spring’ | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 12r perspectives colored pencil pencil plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests Lórien (Lothlórien) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | April | ||||
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | April | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [61] | 25 | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 162 | 157 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 88 | 64 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 5th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [351] | item 160 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [104] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 118 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 96 | 28 | as “La Forêt de la Lothlórien au printemps” | |||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 119 | |||||
| TAI #21 | The Tree of Amalion | ||||||
| perspectives black ink plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1964 | Tree & Leaf | A·7 | front cover | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [92] | 41, left | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-07-24 | ||||
| 1993 | Descriptive Bibliography | 185 | VIII | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 6th item (“Stylized Tree”) | ||||
| TAI #91 | upright tree | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 36r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | May | right | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [93] | 41, right | |||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 7th item (“Flowering Tree”) | ||||
| TAI #90 | The Tree of Amalion | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 88, fol. 1 tableaux black ink colored pencil watercolor plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | May | bottom left | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [93] | 41, bottom | |||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 8th item (“Tree in Flower”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [183] | item 47 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [60] | detail | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 61 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [204] | monochrome; on taupe paper | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 213 | 135 | as “L’Arbre d’Amalion” | |||
| TAI #311 | linquë súrisse four bamboo-like stalks | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 53r tableaux black ink green ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 198 | 196, upper left | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 9th item (“Three [sic] Grasses”) | ||||
| TAI #312 | linquë súrisse three sets of three stalks | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 53r tableaux black ink green ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 198 | 196, center top | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Trees gallery | 10th item (“Nine Grasses”) | ||||
| TAI #229 | “The Misty Mountains Looking West from the Eagles’ Eyrie towards Goblin Gate” Inscribed on verso, ”The Misty Mountains / looking West / from the Eagles’ Eyrie towards / Goblin Gate”. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 30r perspectives black ink pencil birds · eagles clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills trees · forests Misty Mountains (Hithaeglir) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 119 | 110 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 61 | 37 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 2nd item (“The Misty Mountains”) | ||||
| TAI #149 | “Orthanc (1)” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 98, fol. 1r perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Isengard Orthanc | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1989 | HM7: Treason | plate I | |||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 166 | 162 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 106 | 77 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 3rd item (“Orthanc”) | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [170] | 92 | as “Orthanc I” | |||
| TAI #209 | “Water, wind & sand” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 20r perspectives tableaux pencil watercolor white body color clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 46 | 42 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 4th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [8–9] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [173] | item 42 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [26] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 36 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 275 | 198 | as “Mer, vent et sable” | |||
| TAI #211 | The shores of Faëry | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 22r perspectives black ink pencil watercolor buildings moon mountains · hills stars sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 48 | 44 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 5th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [203] | item 65 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [4–5] | detail | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 64 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 210 | 133 | as “Les Rivages de Faërie” | |||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 29 | |||||
| TAI #462 | Fantasy landscape with covered bridge | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 26r perspectives black ink watercolor bridges · fords mountains · hills roads · paths sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 6th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [175] | item 43 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 278 | 203 | as “Paysage de Fantasy” | |||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 161 | |||||
| TAI #210 | “Tanaqui” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 21r perspectives pencil watercolor buildings mountains · hills | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 47 | 43 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 8th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [82–83] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [206] | 80 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [62] | detail | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 65 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 208 | 130 | ||||
| TAI #212 | The man in the moon | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 23r perspectives pencil silver paint watercolor moon mountains · hills tools · instruments | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 49 | 45 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 9th item | ||||
| 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 #72 | Nargothrond | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 50 elvenking’s gate perspectives pencil architecture mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Beleriand Nargothrond River Narog | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | June | colorized | |||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | January | recto | colorized | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [78] | 34, left | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [79] | 34, right | colorized | ||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 60 | 56 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Landscapes gallery | 11th item | ||||
| TAI #56 | Book of Mazarbul; page 1, final art — See also TAI #381 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 73r artifacts black ink red ink watercolor books · letters Cirth | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | December | top | with leaves 2 & 3 | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2a, E·i·2b | [57] | 23, top | with leaves 2 & 3 | ||
| 1992 | Pictures 2 | E·i·2c | [59] | 24, top | with leaves 2 & 3; (items 23 and 24 were switched for this edition) | ||
| 1995 | Lord of the Rings (Croatian xlation) | A·5 | per Reader’s Companion | ||||
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings (50th ann. ed.) | following 320 | 1st plate, v | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 86 | 61 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Calligraphy gallery | 1st item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [349] | item 157 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 115 | 47 | as “Le Livre de Mazarbul, première feuille” | |||
| TAI #57 | Book of Mazarbul; page 2, final art — See also TAI #384 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 74r artifacts black ink watercolor books · letters Tengwar | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | December | lower left | with leaves 1 & 3 | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2a, E·i·2b | [57] | 23, lower left | with leaves 1 & 3 | ||
| 1992 | Pictures 2 | E·i·2c | [59] | 24, lower left | with leaves 1 & 3; (items 23 and 24 were switched for this edition) | ||
| 1995 | Lord of the Rings (Croatian xlation) | A·5 | per Reader’s Companion | ||||
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings (50th ann. ed.) | following 320 | 2nd plate, r | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 86 | 62 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Calligraphy gallery | 2nd item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [349] | item 158 | ||||
| TAI #58 | Book of Mazarbul; page 3, final art — See also TAI #385 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 75r artifacts black ink colored pencil watercolor books · letters Cirth Tengwar | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | December | lower right | with leaves 1 & 2 | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2a, E·i·2b | [57] | 23, lower right | with leaves 1 & 2 | ||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 76 | 154 | ||||
| 1992 | Pictures 2 | E·i·2c | [59] | 24, lower right | with leaves 1 & 2; (items 23 and 24 were switched for this edition) | ||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 161 | 156 | ||||
| 1995 | Lord of the Rings (Croatian xlation) | A·5 | per Reader’s Companion | ||||
| 2004 | The Lord of the Rings (50th ann. ed.) | following 320 | 2nd plate, v | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 87 | 63 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Calligraphy gallery | 3rd item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [349] | item 159 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 115 | |||||
| TAI #144 | Earliest 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 | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1988 | HM6: Shadow | iii | plate | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 26 | 11 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 1st item (“The Shire”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 390–[91] | item 176 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 122 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [123] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [82] | 16 | as “Première carte du Comté” | |||
| TAI #443 | Late map of Middle-earth Presumably the “Third Map” to which C.T. refers in the geographic note at the bottom of p. 34 in HM9. Geographic tags forthcoming. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 124r and MS. Tolkien Drawings 125r maps black ink blue ink colored chalk colored pencil pencil red ink mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 200 | 157 | northern sheet | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 201 | 158 | southern sheet | |||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 2nd item (“Middle-earth”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 378–[79] | item 170 | northern sheet only | |||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 380–[81] | item 171 | southern sheet only | |||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [120] | detail showing most of northern sheet | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [125] | northern sheet only | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 126 | southern sheet only | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [127] | enlarged detail of northeastern half of southern sheet | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [160] | 84 | as “Carte du nord-ouest de la Terre du Milieu, vers 1948”; northern sheet only | |||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [161] | 85 | as “Carte du sud-ouest de la Terre du Milieu, vers 1948”; southern sheet only | |||
| 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 #422 | Map of Stonewain Valley and Minas Tirith | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 122r maps blue ink colored pencil pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Anduin Cair Andros Eilenach Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Lebennin Minas Tirith Mordor Osgiliath The Stonewain Valley | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 173 | 136 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 4th item (“Minas Tirith”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [389] | item 175 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 130 | |||||
| TAI #423 | The White Mountains, Minas Tirith, and Osgiliath | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 122v diagrams · designs perspectives blue pen colored pencil pencil arrows · compass roses buildings mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Anduin Emyn Muil Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mindolluin Mordor Osgiliath | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 174 | 137 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 5th item (“Minas Tirith ~ Elevation”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 388 | 122 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 131 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [158] | 81 | as “Vue aérienne de l’extrémité orientale des Montagnes blanches, vers 1946” | |||
| TAI #463 | Wilderland, annotated — See also TAI #14 This includes pencilled annotations and coordinates, presumably by JRRT. | ||||||
| diagrams · designs maps pencil arrows · compass roses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Maps gallery | 6th item (“Wilderland”) | ||||
| TAI #130 | “The World about V.Y. 500 after the fall of the Lamps” (Ambarkanta Diagram IV) | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 2/III, fol. 7r diagrams · designs maps black ink pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1986 | HM4: Shaping | 249 | |||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 1st item (“Ambarkanta ~ The Shape of the World”) | ||||
| 2019 | Fifty Maps | [107] | 38 | ||||
| 2019 | Talking Maps | [147] | 72 | ||||
| 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 #55 | “Rivendell looking West” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 10r Rivendell perspectives colored pencil pencil architecture bridges · fords buildings clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Rhudaur Rivendell (Imladris) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | November | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [19] | 4 | |||
| 1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 29 | 18 | monochrome | ||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 114 | 105 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 44 | 20 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 3rd item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [302] | 100 | ||||
| TAI #27 | “Halls of Manwe on the Mountains of the World above Faerie” Penciled on verso, “Halls of Manwe on the / Mountains of the World / above Faerie”. Also referred to as “Taniquetil.” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 13r perspectives black ink watercolor white body color clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas ships · boats stars sun Taniquetil (Oiolossë) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | January | ||||
| 1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | March | ||||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | front cover | ||||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | December | recto | |||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | back cover | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [73] | 31 | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-02-03 | reversed | |||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | front cover | |||||
| 1992 | Life and Legend · exhibition poster | ||||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | front cover | |||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 56 | 52 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 4th item (“Halls of Manwë ~ Taniquetil”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [221] | item 72 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 66 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [67] | detail showing swan boat and Elven city of Alqualondë (“Swanhaven”) | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 209 | 132 | as “Halls de Manwë (Taniquetil)” | |||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 73 | |||||
| TAI #29 | “Beleg finds Gwindor in Taur-na-Fúin” — See also TAI #9 Later titled “Fangorn Forest,” an early name for Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion), not to be confused with Treebeard’s Fangorn. The image was later the inspiration for “Mirkwood.” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 14r perspectives black ink colored ink pencil watercolor trees · forests Beleriand Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | December | ||||
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | May | ||||
| 1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | August | ||||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | March | recto | r/l reversed | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [85] | 37, right | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-12-30 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 58 | 54 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 76 | 48 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 5th item (“Taur-na-Fúin ~ Fangorn Forest”) | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [4–5] | enlarged detail showing Beleg | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 224–[225] | item 74 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 72 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [73] | enlarged detail showing Beleg and Gwindor | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 128–9 | 58 | as “Beleg découvre Flinding à Taur-na-Fúin (« Forêt de Fangorn »)“; two-page spread | |||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 124–5 | |||||
| TAI #76 | “Glórund sets forth to seek Túrin” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 34r elvenking’s gate friezes perspectives tableaux black ink watercolor clouds · mists · snow dragons fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas sun trees · forests Beleriand Nargothrond River Narog | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | November | ||||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | October | recto | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [87] | 38 | |||
| 1982 | Unfinished Tales | A·17·d | front cover | ||||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-31 | ||||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 68 | 207 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 51 | 47 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | 6th item | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [200] | enlarged detail of Glórund, Nargothrond, the Narog, and mountains | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [231] | item 76 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 76 | |||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [77] | detail | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 280 | 205 | as “Glórund part à la recherche de Túrin” | |||
| TAI #89 | The Tree of Amalion | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 53 tableaux colored pencil pencil plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | May | top left | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [93] | 41, top | |||
| 1979 | Tree & Leaf; Smith; Beorhtnoth | A·13 | cover | (third impression) | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-12-12 | mirror image | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 64 | 62 | ||||
| 2015 | Tolkien Estate web site | Website Illustrations gallery | (“The Tree of Amalión [sic]”) | ||||
| 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” | |||
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