TAI #1 | Dust-jacket for The Hobbit, final art | ||||||
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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #111 | “Smaug flies round the Mountain” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 24r perspectives black ink pencil watercolor white body color architecture buildings moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas stars 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 | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | October | ||||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [47] | 18 | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-11-02 | ||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate X, bottom | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 109 | 75 | ||||
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 #266 | Dust-jacket design for The Two Towers | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 29r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink gray body color pencil red body color white body color architecture buildings moon mountains · hills rings · jewels · gold stars Nazgûl Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1992 | Life & Legend | 87 | 170 | monochrome | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 181 | 180 | cast as olive green | |||
2015 | Art of LR | 222 | 179 | ||||
2015 | Art of LR | dust jacket back | towers, mountains, moon, star | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [370] | item 168 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 107 | |||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 65 | 3 | as “Maquette de la jaquette pour Les Deux Tours” | |||
TAI #269 | Dust-jacket design for Return of the King On verso: body color trials, signature “JRRTolkien”, eye motif | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 30r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink gold paint green body color red body color white body color mountains · hills stars trees · forests Sauron Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1992 | Life & Legend | 61 | 171 | monochrome | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 183 | 182 | cast as dark green | |||
2015 | Art of LR | dust jacket front | |||||
2015 | Art of LR | 230 | 184 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [374] | item 169 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 108 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [109] | enlarged detail | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 67 | 4 | as “Maquette de la jaquette pour Le Retour du roi” | |||
TAI #317 | “The Three Trolls are turned to Stone” — See also TAI #92 | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 20r perspectives tableaux black ink white body color Dwarves fire sun tools · instruments tools · instruments trees · forests Trolls Rhudaur The Trollshaws | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1992 | Life & Legend | 49 | 108 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 38 | 14 |
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.