| 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 #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 #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 #26 | ‘Barad-dûr: The Fortress of Sauron’ | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 80r perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil architecture buildings clouds · mists · snow fire mountains · hills Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Plateau of Gorgoroth Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1972 | ’73 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·5 | November | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | October | ||||
| 1973 | ’74 Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·7 | November | ||||
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | October | right | with “Mount Doom” | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [71] | 30, right | |||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 72 | 165 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 152 | 145 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 187 | 147 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [326] | enlarged detail | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [362] | item 165 | ||||
| 2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 119 | |||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 199 | 123 | as “Barad-dûr, forteresse de Sauron, vers 1944” | |||
| 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 #53 | “Shelob’s Lair” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 81r perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil buildings clouds · mists · snow fire mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | September | ||||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [67] | 28 | |||
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | i | plate, verso | |||
| 1992 | Life & Legend | 73 | 160 | ||||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 175 | 171 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 125 | 93 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 192 | 115 | as “L’antre d’Araigne” | |||
| TAI #54 | “Orodruin, Mt. Doom, Sam’s Path” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 82r perspectives colored pencil pencil bridges · fords clouds · mists · snow fire mountains · hills roads · paths Plateau of Gorgoroth Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Sammath Naur (Chambers of Fire) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1976 | ’77 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·12 | October | left | with “the Walls of Barad-dûr” | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [70] | 30, left | |||
| 1992 | HM9a: Sauron | A·29 | 42 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 191 | 150, center | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [198] | 122, center | as one of “Deux croquis du Mont Destin, en Mordor” | |||
| TAI #64 | “Finrod” Felagund heraldic device Inscribed in pencil to the lower left, “___ emblem / of Finrod” and two more lines I cannot read. The device and its inscribed text are rotated 180º compared to everything else on MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 29r, but the torch and the inscription confirm this orientation. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 29r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia fire tools · instruments Finrod Felagund | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | center left | device only; [unsure of orientation] | ||
| 1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | August | verso, left | device only | ||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, lower left | device only | ||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [238] | item 82 | rotated 180º | |||
| 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 #92 | “The Three Trolls are turned to Stone” — See also TAI #317 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 21r perspectives tableaux black ink pencil Dwarves fire sun tools · instruments tools · instruments trees · forests Trolls Rhudaur The Trollshaws | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | June | colorized | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [16] | 3, left | |||
| 1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [17] | 3, right | colorized | ||
| 1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 51 | black on tan | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 109 | 100 | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 81 | |||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate V, top | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 39 | 15 | ||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 141 | 103, top right | detail of Bilbo | |||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 141 | 67 | as “Les trois Trolls sont changés en pierre” | |||
| TAI #141 | “Trolls’ Hill” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 8r perspectives black ink pencil red ink clouds · mists · snow fire mountains · hills roads · paths trees · forests The East-West Road Rhudaur The Trollshaws | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1987 | Hobbit: Drawings, W’colors, MSs | D·ii·66 | 19 | 16 | monochrome | ||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 108 | 99 | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 68 | monochrome | ||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate V, bottom | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 36 | 13 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [301] | 99 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 139 | 65 | as “La Colline des Trolls” | |||
| TAI #171 | Kirith Ungol from the second stair (II) | ||||||
| Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/6/8/5a perspectives black ink colored pencil pencil buildings fire mountains · hills roads · paths Cirith Ungol Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 204 | monochrome | |||
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 176 | 172 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 129 | 96 | ||||
| TAI #178 | Map of Rohan and Gondor (original art) — See also TAI #419 | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 118r maps colored pencil pencil fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) The Cross-roads Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Osgiliath Rohan | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1990 | HM8: War | A·28 | 269 | redrawn in black in by CT | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 168 | 132 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 402 | |||||
| TAI #230 | “Firelight in Beorn’s House” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 15r perspectives black ink pencil red ink architecture buildings fire tools · instruments Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 122 | 115 | ||||
| 2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 171, top | |||||
| 2007 | History of Hobbit | plate VI, bottom | |||||
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 67 | 41 | ||||
| TAI #251 | Buckland Ferry a.k.a. “Brandywine Ferry,“ per ArtLR. | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 13r perspectives colored pencil pencil architecture buildings fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths ships · boats tools · instruments trees · forests Baranduin (Brandywine) Buckland The Shire | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 154 | 146 | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 41 | 21 | ||||
| TAI #264 | Dust-jacket design for The Two Towers | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 27r diagrams · designs objects tableaux black ink colored pencil pencil fire mountains · hills rings · jewels · gold Tengwar Sauron Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Minas Tirith Mordor White Tower | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 180 | 178 | monochrome | |||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 220 | 176 | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [371] | 117 | ||||
| TAI #267 | The arm of Sauron, for RK dust-jacket | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 32r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink brown ink red ink fire mountains · hills Sauron Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 182 | 181, top | ||||
| 2015 | Art of LR | 231 | 185, top | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [375] | 119, top | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 197 | 120, top | as one of “Dessin du bras de Sauron, pour Le Retour du roi” | |||
| TAI #281 | flaming half circle | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 1, top | ||||
| TAI #284 | flaming lotus | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 2, bottom | ||||
| TAI #286 | flaming half circle | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 3, near top | ||||
| TAI #287 | flaming half circle | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 3, center | ||||
| TAI #288 | flaming half circle on stage | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r friezes patterns black pen colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 3, near bottom | ||||
| TAI #290 | flaming half circle | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns colored pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 4, top | ||||
| TAI #292 | flaming half circle | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 40r patterns black pen colored pencil pencil fire sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 1995 | Art. & Ill. | 188 | 184, col. 4, center | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| TAI #323 | Sketch for “Beorn’s Hall” | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 16r diagrams · designs perspectives black ink pencil architecture buildings fire | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2011 | Art of Hobbit | 69 | 43 | ||||
| TAI #427 | aerial view of Mordor | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 15r perspectives colored pencil pencil fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Ered Lithui (Ashen Mountains) Harad Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Udûn | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 180 | 142, right | ||||
| 2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [363] | 115 | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [180] | grayscale; inverted; on black paper | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 190 | 112, right | as one of “Trois vues aériennes de montagnes” | |||
| TAI #433 | Mount Doom from the North (sketch) | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 82r diagrams · designs perspectives pencil fire mountains · hills roads · paths Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 191 | 150, bottom | ||||
| 2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [198] | 122, bottom | as one of “Deux croquis du Mont Desin, en Mordor” | |||
| TAI #458 | ring with fire, trial for The Return of the King dust jacket | ||||||
| Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 26r diagrams · designs tableaux black ink colored pencil fire rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
| 2015 | Art of LR | 226 | 181, lower center | ||||
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