| 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 #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 #112 | seascape frieze | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 52 friezes tableaux colored pencil pencil birds · eagles clouds · mists · snow rivers · lakes · seas | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | November | top | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [95] | 42, top | |||
| 1983 | The Silmarillion | A·15·j | front cover | detail | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 62 | 59, top | ||||
| TAI #114 | bird in flowering tree | ||||||
| tableaux birds · eagles plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | November | center | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [95] | 42, center | |||
| 1983 | The Silmarillion | A·15·j | front cover | ||||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-01-17 | ||||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 77 | 212 | ||||
| TAI #143 | The Hobbit trial dust-jacket | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 1/2/4 tableaux black ink pencil watercolor birds · eagles dragons moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas sun trees · forests Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Long Lake | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 8–9 | 1 | monochrome | ||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 149 | 143 | monochrome | |||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | dust jacket front | monochrome on yellow; dragon, central mountain & next five peaks w/neighboring trees | ||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | dust jacket front fly leaf | monochrome on yellow; five mountains w/neighboring trees | ||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | dust jacket back fly leaf | monochrome on yellow; reversed; five mountains w/neighboring trees | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 137 | 100 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [321] | item 145 | ||||
| TAI #225 | sketch (II) for The Hill: Hobbiton across the Water | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 6r The Hill perspectives pencil architecture birds · eagles bridges · fords buildings rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests Bag End Bagshot Row The Hill Hobbiton The Shire The Water | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 103 | 95 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 29 | 8 | ||||
| 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 #243 | The Coming of the Eagles | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 45r perspectives black ink pencil red ink birds · eagles clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills tools · instruments Celduin (River Running) Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) The Iron Hills Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 145 | 138 | monochrome | |||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate XII, bottom right | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 116 | 80 | ||||
| TAI #321 | “Eagles’ Eyrie” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 2v perspectives pencil birds · eagles mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 64 | 40 | ||||
| TAI #479 | ‘Owlamoo’ | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 88, fol. 32r tableaux black ink red ink watercolor birds · eagles | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 83 | monochrome | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 84 | 79 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [179] | item 45 | ||||
| TAI #547 | ‘Cortirion’ | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 1/XIV, fol. 105r tableaux black ink pencil birds · eagles buildings stars sun trees · forests Tol Eressëa | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [213] | 82, center | ||||
| 2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 48 | top figure, 2nd item | ||||
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