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 #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 #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 #42 | Dwarves marching — See also TAI #46 | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 19r tableaux black ink pencil Dwarves mountains · hills | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1976 | Drawings | E·i·1 | [13] | ||||
1988 | Annotated Hobbit 1 | A·3·dd | 40 | monochrome | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 112 | 103, bottom | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 65 | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate IX, bottom | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 107 | 73, bottom | ||||
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 #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 #82 | flower pattern | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 37r patterns tableaux colored pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | March | left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [97] | 43, left | |||
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 #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 #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 #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 #106 | plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 52r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | September | top left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [101] | 45, top left | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-28 | flipped horizontally | |||
TAI #107 | pilinehtar | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 63r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | September | center | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [101] | 45, center | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-04-17 | ||||
TAI #108 | weeping plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 49r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | September | top right | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [101] | 45, top right | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-02-21 | ||||
TAI #109 | plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 49r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | September | bottom left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [101] | 45, bottom left | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-05-01 | ||||
TAI #110 | Inziladûn: Númellótë (‘Flower of the West’) Title & translation per C.T. in UT p. 227 †13. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 48r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | September | bottom right | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [101] | 45, bottom right | |||
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 #113 | flower | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 47r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·7 | November | left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [95] | 42, left | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-07 | ||||
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 #115 | flower | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 47r tableaux plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·18 | November | right | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [95] | 42, right | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-11-13 | ||||
TAI #116 | mountains & trees frieze | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 52 friezes tableaux colored pencil pencil clouds · mists · snow moon mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·7 | November | bottom | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [95] | 42, bottom | |||
1983 | The Silmarillion | A·15·j | front cover | detail | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 62 | 59, middle | ||||
TAI #134 | Erebor sketch — See also TAI #133 On folio with TAI #133. | ||||||
Marquette MS. Tolkien MSs-1/1/1 perspectives tableaux pencil mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas Celduin (River Running) Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | iii | monochrome | |||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | plate 4, top | |||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 10 | monochrome | ||||
2004 | Invented Worlds | 9 | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | frontispiece | recto | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 50 | 24 | ||||
2011 | Double Worlds/Creative Process | front cover | almost entirely obscured | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [291] | item 134, lower right | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 116 | 48, lower right | ||||
TAI #137 | “The Back Door” | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 48r perspectives tableaux pencil architecture Dwarves mountains · hills tools · instruments Bilbo Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1987 | The Hobbit | A·3·y | i13 | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 138 | 131 | ||||
2002 | Annotated Hobbit 2 | 259, bottom | |||||
2007 | History of Hobbit | plate IX, top | |||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 102 | 69 | ||||
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 #208 | Goosegrass | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 60r objects tableaux black ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | [6] | 2 | monochrome | |||
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 #217 | bushes, stars, and sun frieze | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 52 friezes tableaux colored pencil pencil clouds · mists · snow mountains · hills plants · flowers · grasses stars sun trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 62 | 59, bottom | ||||
TAI #218 | The Wood at the World’s End Pencilled in lower right, “1928”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 88, fol. 22r perspectives tableaux black ink watercolor mountains · hills sun trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 63 | 60 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 136 | 99 | ||||
TAI #238 | Gnarled tree — See also TAI #12 Many (including Hammond & Scull in ArtH) have noticed that this anthropomorphic tree of Tolkien’s looks just like that in TAI #12. Inscribed in right margin, “July 1928” and in upper right corner, “20”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 88, fol. 20r tableaux black ink trees · forests Celduin (River Running) Erebor (The Lonely Mountain) Rhovanion (Wilderland) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 136 | 129 | ||||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 100 | 67 | ||||
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 #245 | Hobbit cover sketch: sun with moon and rune | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 43r diagrams · designs tableaux pencil Cirth moon mountains · hills sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 147 | 141, left | monochrome | |||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 134 | 97, left | ||||
TAI #250 | Hobbit cover sketch: sun | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 89, fol. 43r diagrams · designs tableaux pencil sun | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 147 | 141, bottom center | monochrome | |||
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 134 | 97, bottom center | ||||
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 #265 | Dust-jacket design for The Two Towers | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 28r diagrams · designs objects tableaux black ink pencil red ink architecture buildings moon rings · jewels · gold sun Nazgûl Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 180 | 179 | monochrome | |||
2015 | Art of LR | 221 | 178 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [372] | 118 | ||||
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 #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 #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 #296 | seven-branched candlestick | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r objects tableaux green pen red pen tools · instruments | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, left | ||||
TAI #297 | curvilinear plant motif | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r tableaux black pen green pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, top, left of center | ||||
TAI #300 | flowering plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r tableaux black pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, center | ||||
TAI #301 | flowering plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r tableaux black pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, right of center | ||||
TAI #302 | spade-shaped tree | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r patterns tableaux black pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, right center | ||||
TAI #303 | flowering plant | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r tableaux black pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, bottom center | ||||
TAI #304 | flowering tree | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 39r tableaux black pen green pen red pen trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 190 | 186, bottom right | ||||
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 #313 | grass | ||||||
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 #314 | súriquessë eleven stalks, fanned; leftmost stalk broken | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 53r tableaux black ink green ink red ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 198 | 196, bottom | ||||
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 #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 | ||||
TAI #349 | Sketch of a hobbit | ||||||
diagrams · designs tableaux black ink belts · boots · clothing Bilbo | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2011 | Art of Hobbit | 140 | 102 | ||||
TAI #353 | The White Tree and stars | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 39v objects tableaux plants · flowers · grasses stars trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | front cover | with black background | ||||
2015 | Art of LR | 228 | 183 | ||||
TAI #377 | Trial for Doors of Durin decorations | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 34v Durin’s doors diagrams · designs tableaux black ink trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 69 | 45, far left | ||||
TAI #378 | Trial for Doors of Durin decorations | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 34v Durin’s doors diagrams · designs tableaux black ink trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 69 | 45, center left | ||||
TAI #379 | Trial for Doors of Durin decorations | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 34v Durin’s doors diagrams · designs tableaux black ink pencil moon trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 69 | 45, center right | ||||
TAI #380 | Trial for Doors of Durin decorations | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 34v Durin’s doors diagrams · designs tableaux pencil stars trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 69 | 45, far right | ||||
TAI #393 | Diagrammatic sketch of Sentinels | ||||||
Marquette MS. Tolkien 2/1/15/20a diagrams · designs tableaux black ink architecture Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Minas Morgul Mordor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 116 | 85 | ||||
TAI #439 | Crown of Gondor (later sketch) | ||||||
objects tableaux black ink crowns · hats · helms rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 195 | 153, left | ||||
TAI #446 | Eye motif (I) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r tableaux pencil red pen eyes Sauron | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 212 | 169, left | ||||
TAI #447 | Eye motif (II) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r tableaux pencil eyes Sauron | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 212 | 169, center | ||||
TAI #448 | Eye motif (III) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 23r tableaux black pen pencil red pen eyes Sauron | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 212 | 169, right | ||||
TAI #450 | Eye motif (IV) for dust jacket for The Fellowship of the Ring (trial) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 30v tableaux black paper watercolor eyes Sauron | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 218 | 174 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | [198] | 121 | as “Esquisse pour l’œil de Sauron”; entire folio | |||
TAI #451 | ring with banner trial for dust jacket for The Two Towers | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien A 12/4, fol. 96v diagrams · designs tableaux blue ink rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 220 | 177, top left | ||||
TAI #452 | ring with satellite rings trial for dust jacket design for The Two Towers | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien A 12/4, fol. 96v diagrams · designs tableaux blue ink rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 220 | 177, upper left | ||||
TAI #453 | three rings trial for dust jacket design for The Two Towers | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien A 12/4, fol. 96v diagrams · designs tableaux blue ink rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 220 | 177, center left | ||||
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 | ||||
TAI #460 | The White Tree and Seven Stars | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 26v diagrams · designs tableaux pencil stars trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2015 | Art of LR | 227 | 182 | ||||
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 #483 | “linquë súrissë” 7 stalks: 1st and 7th half-height, 4th three-quarters height | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 65r tableaux black ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [185] | item 48 | ||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [12] | |||||
TAI #495 | ‘Beyond’ | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 12r perspectives tableaux watercolor moon mountains · hills roads · paths stars trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 170 | 66 | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 277 | 201 | as “Au-delà, illustration pour le Livre d’Ishness” | |||
TAI #496 | ‘There’ inscribed “There (when you don’t / want to go / from here)” in pencil | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 13r tableaux pencil watercolor mountains · hills trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [171] | item 41 (upper) | ||||
TAI #497 | ‘Here’ inscribed “Here (in an exciting place)” in pencil | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 13r tableaux pencil watercolor trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [171] | item 41 (lower) | ||||
TAI #498 | ‘Maddo’ | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 88, fol. 31r tableaux black ink colored ink watercolor moon stars trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 84 | 78 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 178 | 70 | ||||
TAI #499 | ‘Súriquessë’ 21 stalks | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 64r tableaux black ink plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [185] | 73 | ||||
TAI #502 | flowering rushes | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 13r tableaux black ink colored pen pencil plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [189] | item 51, bottom | ||||
TAI #515 | flower design | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 64r patterns tableaux black pen blue pen colored pencil green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses stars | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [190] | item 55 | ||||
TAI #521 | floral design | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 65r tableaux black pen blue pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [191] | item 58, top | ||||
TAI #529 | mountains | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 66r patterns tableaux blue pen mountains · hills | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [191] | item 60, right of center left | ||||
TAI #530 | floral pattern | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 66r patterns tableaux blue pen green pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [191] | item 60, left | ||||
TAI #537 | thistle | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 94, fol. 66r tableaux black pen blue pen green pen red pen plants · flowers · grasses | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [191] | item 60, lower right | ||||
TAI #546 | ‘Taurobel’ | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 1/XIV, fol. 105r tableaux black ink bridges · fords plants · flowers · grasses rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests Tol Eressëa | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [213] | 82, top | ||||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 48 | top figure, top item | ||||
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 | ||||
TAI #551 | ‘Celbarus’ | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 1/XIV, fol. 105r tableaux black ink pencil mountains · hills rings · jewels · gold sun trees · forests | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [213] | 82, bottom | ||||
2020 | Worlds of Tolkien | 48 | top figure, bottom item |
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.