| 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 #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 | |||
| 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 #23 | Death of Smaug | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 31r perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil red ink architecture buildings dragons fire moon rivers · lakes · seas Smaug Esgaroth (Lake-town) Long Lake | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | July | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | September | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | July | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [49] | 19 | |||
| 1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 261 | monochrome | |||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 54 | 111 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 144 | 137 | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | fifth plate, top | |||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 306 | monochrome | ||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate XII, top | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 113 | 78 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [315] | 104 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 123 | 54 | as “La Mort de Smaug” | |||
| 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 #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” | |||
| 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 #45 | Dragon and Warrior | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 39 tableaux black ink pencil watercolor dragons fire weapons | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | Drawings | E·i·1 | [17] | monochrome | |||
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | January | bottom right | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [91] | 40, lower right | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-12-05 | mirror image | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 52 | 49 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 52 | 27 | ||||
| TAI #46 | Smaug in flight — See also TAI #42 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 19r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | Drawings | E·i·1 | [19] | ||||
| 1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 40 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 112 | 103, top right | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 65 | |||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate IX, bottom | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 107 | 73, top right | ||||
| TAI #47 | dragon head — See also TAI #42 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 19r diagrams · designs pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 40 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 112 | 103, top left | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 65 | |||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate IX, bottom | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 107 | 73, top left | ||||
| 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 #77 | dragon coiled around a tree | ||||||
| tableaux dragons trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | January | bottom left | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [91] | 40, lower left | |||
| 1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-21 | ||||
| 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 #221 | Thror’s Map proof | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 1/2/5/1 artifacts maps printed proof arrows · compass roses Cirth dragons mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas spiders · insects Celduin (River Running) Dale The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) The Forest River Long Lake Mirkwood Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 93 | 86 | monochrome | |||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 54 | 29 | ||||
| TAI #241 | Smaug flies around the Lonely Mountain | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 22r perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings clouds · mists · snow dragons mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests 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 | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 142 | 134 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 108 | 74 | ||||
| TAI #242 | The Front Door | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 23r friezes perspectives black ink brown ink pencil watercolor buildings dragons moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests 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 | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 142 | 135 | ||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate X, top | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 110 | 76 | ||||
| TAI #244 | Design for Hobbit back cover and spine | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 43r diagrams · designs friezes tableaux black ink pencil Cirth dragons moon mountains · hills Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 147 | 141 | monochrome | |||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 134 | 97 | ||||
| TAI #320 | Sketch (II) for Thror’s Map | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 22v artifacts maps black ink pencil arrows · compass roses buildings dragons mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Celduin (River Running) Dale Dale The Desolation of Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) The Iron Hills Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 52 | 26 | ||||
| TAI #329 | “The White Dragon Pursues Roverandom & the Moondog” Not Smaug circling Erebor, but it might as well be. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 3r perspectives black ink dragons moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas spiders · insects stars Smaug Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 107 | 72 | ||||
| TAI #336 | Dragon sketch | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38v diagrams · designs tableaux pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 128 | 91, top left | ||||
| TAI #337 | Dragon sketch | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38v diagrams · designs tableaux black ink dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 128 | 91, top right | ||||
| TAI #338 | Dragon sketch | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38v diagrams · designs tableaux pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 128 | 91, center right | ||||
| TAI #339 | Dragon sketch | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38v diagrams · designs tableaux pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 128 | 91, lower right | ||||
| TAI #340 | Dragon sketch | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 38v diagrams · designs tableaux black ink pencil dragons Smaug | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 128 | 91, bottom right | ||||
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