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'''''Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien''''' brings together a wide array of paintings, sketches and pictures by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. The book includes Foreword and Notes by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. It was first published by [[George Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]] in [[1979]] ([[1 November|November 1]]).
'''''Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien''''' brings together a wide array of paintings, sketches and pictures by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] that were published in the [[:Category:Official_calendars|Official calendars]] from [[The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973]] up to the [[J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979]]. Some of these reproductions were previously published only in truncated form and are now seen whole.
 
The book includes Foreword and Notes by [[Christopher Tolkien]]. It was first published by [[George Allen and Unwin|George Allen & Unwin]] in [[1979]] ([[1 November]]).
 
New content includes some previously unpublished original pen-and-ink sketches (previously published only as coloured versions by [[H.E. Riddett]]) but excluding (with one exception) the illustrations of ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]''.
 
After 30 years since last reissue, a deluxe edition was published on [[11 November]] [[2021]] by HarperCollins.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://harpercollins.co.uk/products/pictures-by-jrr-tolkien-christopher-tolkien|articlename=Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien|dated=|website=[http://harpercollins.co.uk/ HarperCollins''Publishers'' UK]|accessed=29 November 2021}}</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
# [[Hobbiton]]-across-the-Water
# [[The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water]]
# The [[Trolls]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Trolls (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|The Trolls]]
# Three Trolls turned to Stone
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Three Trolls are turned to Stone (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|Three Trolls turned to Stone]]
# [[Rivendell]] Looking West
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Rivendell looking West.jpg|Rivendell Looking West]]
# Rivendell Looking East
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Rivendell looking East.jpg|Rivendell Looking East]]
# Rivendell
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Rivendell.jpg|Rivendell]]
# The Mountain-path
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Mountain-path (Colored by H.E. Riddett).png|The Mountain-path]]
# [[Misty Mountains]] Looking West
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Misty Mountains looking West from the Eyrie towards Goblin Gate (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|Misty Mountains Looking West]]
# [[Bilbo Baggins]] woke with the early sun in his eyes
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo woke with the early sun in his eyes.jpg|Bilbo Baggins woke with the early sun in his eyes]]
# [[Beorn|Beorn's]] Hall
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Beorn's Hall (Colored by H. E. Riddett).jpg|Beorn's Hall]]
# [[Thranduil|The Elvenking's]] Gate (I)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Elvenking's Gate (I).jpg|The Elvenking's Gate (I)]]
# The Elvenking's Gate (II)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Elvenking's Gate (II) (Colored by H. E. Riddett).jpg|The Elvenking's Gate (II)]]
# Bilbo comes to the Huts of the [[Raft-elves]] (I)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (I).jpg|Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (I)]]
# Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (II)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (II).jpg|Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (II)]]
# [[Lake-town|Lake Town]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Lake Town (Colored by H. E. Riddett).jpg|Lake Town]]
# The [[Front Gate]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Front Gate (Colored by H.E. Riddett).png|The Front Gate]]
# Conversation with [[Smaug]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Conversation with Smaug (large).jpg|Conversation with Smaug]]
# Smaug flies round the Mountain
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Smaug flies round the Mountain.jpg|Smaug flies round the Mountain]]
# Death of Smaug
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Death of Smaug.jpg|Death of Smaug]]
# The Hall at [[Bag End]], Residence of [[Bilbo Baggins|B. Baggins]] Esquire
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Hall at Bag-End, Residence of B. Baggins Esquire (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|The Hall at Bag End, Residence of B. Baggins Esquire]]
# [[Old Man Willow]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Old Man Willow.jpg|Old Man Willow]]
# [[Doors of Durin]] and [[West-gate of Moria|Moria Gate]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - West Gate of Moria.jpg|Doors of Durin and Moria Gate]]
# Leaves from the [[Book of Mazarbul]]
# [[:Category:Images of the Book of Mazarbul|Leaves from the Book of Mazarbul]]
# Moria Gate (The Steps to the [[Great Gates|East Gate]])
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Moria Gate (The Steps to the East Gate).jpg|Moria Gate (The Steps to the East Gate)]]
# The Forest of [[Lothlórien]] in Spring
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - The Forest of Lothlorien in Spring.jpg|The Forest of Lothlórien in Spring]]
# [[Helm's Deep]] and the [[Hornburg]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Helm's Deep and the Hornburg.jpg|Helm's Deep and the Hornburg]]
# [[Orthanc]] and [[Minas Tirith]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Orthanc I.jpg|Orthanc]] and [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Minas Tirith.jpg|Minas Tirith]]
# [[Shelob]]'s Lair
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Shelob's Lair (and manuscript).jpg|Shelob's Lair]]
# [[Dunharrow]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Dunharrow.jpg|Dunharrow]]
# [[Orodruin]] and [[Barad-dûr]]
# [[Orodruin]] and [[Barad-dûr]]
# [[Taniquetil]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Taniquetil.jpg|Taniquetil]]
# [[Lake Mithrim]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Lake Mithrim.jpg|Lake Mithrim]]
# [[Nargothrond]] (I)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Nargothrond (I).jpg|Nargothrond (I)]]
# Nargothrond (II)
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Nargothrond (II) (Colored by H.E. Riddett).jpg|Nargothrond (II)]]
# [[Gondolin]] and the Vale of [[Tumladen]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen.jpg|Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen]]
# [[Tol Sirion]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Tol Sirion.jpg|Tol Sirion]]
# [[Mirkwood]] and [[Beleg]] finds [[Gwindor]] in [[Taur-nu-Fuin (Dorthonion)|Taur-nu-Fuin]] (entitled, [[Fangorn Forest]])
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Mirkwood.jpg|Mirkwood]] [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Fangorn Forest.jpg|Fangorn Forest]]
# [[Glaurung]] sets forth to seek [[Túrin]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Glaurung sets forth to seek Turin.jpg|Glaurung sets forth to seek Túrin]] (C. Tolkien altered ''[[Glorund|Glórund]]'' to ''[[Glaurung]]'' in order to be consistent with ''The Silmarillion'')
# [[Letters from Father Christmas#From the Publisher|Polar bear had fallen from top to bottom onto his nose]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Polar Bear had fallen from top to bottom onto his nose.jpg|Polar bear had fallen from top to bottom onto his nose]]
# Three [[Dragons]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Dragons.jpg|Three Dragons]]
# Trees [including the ‘Tree of Amalion’]
# Trees [including the '[[Tree of Amalion]]']
# Flowering Tree with Friezes
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Flowering Tree with Friezes.jpg|Flowering Tree with Friezes]]
# Patterns (I)
# Patterns (I)
# Patterns (II)
# Patterns (II)
# Floral Designs [including ''[[pilinehtar]]'']
# Floral Designs [including ''[[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Pilinehtar.jpg|Pilinehtar]]'']
# [[Númenor|Númenórean]] Tile and Textiles
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Tile 3.jpg|Númenórean Tile and Textiles]]
# [[:Category:Flags and Devices|Heraldic Devices]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Heraldic Devices.jpg|Heraldic Devices]] (with [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Heraldic Devices (Guide).jpg|guide]])
# [[Tengwar|Elvish Script]]
# [[:File:J.R.R. Tolkien - Elvish script 1.jpg|Elvish Script]]


==See also==
==See also==
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*''[[The Art of The Lord of the Rings]]''
*''[[The Art of The Lord of the Rings]]''


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Revision as of 22:21, 29 November 2021

Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien
File:Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien.jpg
AuthorJ.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien
PublisherGeorge Allen and Unwin (UK)
Houghton Mifflin (US)
Released1 November 1979 (UK)
19 November 1979 (US)
FormatHardcover
Pages112
ISBN0395606489

Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien brings together a wide array of paintings, sketches and pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien that were published in the Official calendars from The J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1973 up to the J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979. Some of these reproductions were previously published only in truncated form and are now seen whole.

The book includes Foreword and Notes by Christopher Tolkien. It was first published by George Allen & Unwin in 1979 (1 November).

New content includes some previously unpublished original pen-and-ink sketches (previously published only as coloured versions by H.E. Riddett) but excluding (with one exception) the illustrations of The Father Christmas Letters.

After 30 years since last reissue, a deluxe edition was published on 11 November 2021 by HarperCollins.[1]

Contents

  1. The Hill: Hobbiton-across-the Water
  2. The Trolls
  3. Three Trolls turned to Stone
  4. Rivendell Looking West
  5. Rivendell Looking East
  6. Rivendell
  7. The Mountain-path
  8. Misty Mountains Looking West
  9. Bilbo Baggins woke with the early sun in his eyes
  10. Beorn's Hall
  11. The Elvenking's Gate (I)
  12. The Elvenking's Gate (II)
  13. Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (I)
  14. Bilbo comes to the Huts of the Raft-elves (II)
  15. Lake Town
  16. The Front Gate
  17. Conversation with Smaug
  18. Smaug flies round the Mountain
  19. Death of Smaug
  20. The Hall at Bag End, Residence of B. Baggins Esquire
  21. Old Man Willow
  22. Doors of Durin and Moria Gate
  23. Leaves from the Book of Mazarbul
  24. Moria Gate (The Steps to the East Gate)
  25. The Forest of Lothlórien in Spring
  26. Helm's Deep and the Hornburg
  27. Orthanc and Minas Tirith
  28. Shelob's Lair
  29. Dunharrow
  30. Orodruin and Barad-dûr
  31. Taniquetil
  32. Lake Mithrim
  33. Nargothrond (I)
  34. Nargothrond (II)
  35. Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen
  36. Tol Sirion
  37. Mirkwood Fangorn Forest
  38. Glaurung sets forth to seek Túrin (C. Tolkien altered Glórund to Glaurung in order to be consistent with The Silmarillion)
  39. Polar bear had fallen from top to bottom onto his nose
  40. Three Dragons
  41. Trees [including the 'Tree of Amalion']
  42. Flowering Tree with Friezes
  43. Patterns (I)
  44. Patterns (II)
  45. Floral Designs [including Pilinehtar]
  46. Númenórean Tile and Textiles
  47. Heraldic Devices (with guide)
  48. Elvish Script

See also

References