Tolkien Art Index #41: Design for The Hobbit front cover

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

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