Tolkien Art Index #262: Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (I)

TAI #262	Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (I)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 22r diagrams · designs objects black ink colored pencil pencil red ink Cirth rings · jewels · gold Tengwar	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1995	Art. & Ill.		179	176	monochrome
2005	Readers’ Companion 1		dust jacket front		in copper, red, and periwinkle; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper
2005	Readers’ Companion 1		spine		in copper, red, and periwinkle; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on black
2014	Readers’ Companion 2		dust jacket front		in gold, red, and dark gray; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper
2014	Readers’ Companion 2		dust jacket spine		in gold, red, and dark gray; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper
2015	Art of LR		210	166
2019	Voyage en Terre du Milieu		184	106	as “Première maquette de la jaquette pour La Fraternité de l’Anneau”

Dust jacket design for The Fellowship of the Ring (I)

Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 22r

Year

Source

H&A

Page

Figure

Notes

1995

179

176

monochrome

2005

dust jacket front

in copper, red, and periwinkle; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper

2005

spine

in copper, red, and periwinkle; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on black

2014

dust jacket front

in gold, red, and dark gray; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper

2014

dust jacket spine

in gold, red, and dark gray; the One Ring, Narya, Cirth ribbon, and Tengwar; on brown paper

2015

210

166

2019

184

106

as “Première maquette de la jaquette pour La Fraternité de l’Anneau”

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