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"'Water Wind & Sand', 1915. This imaginary landscape, inspired by the Cornish coast near the Lizard, was drawn to illustrate his poem, 'Sea Song of an Elder Day'."[1] Tolkien painted this watercolour when he was a student at Exeter College, Oxford. He was inspired by a holiday he had taken the previous summer in Cornwall, walking along the wild coastline of the Lizard peninsula. The vivid colours and impressionistic style are typical of his artwork during this period when he attempted to capture feelings and abstract ideas in a sketchbook which he entitled, 'The Book of Ishness'. Watercolour illustration by J.R.R. Tolkien, 1915. MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 20. |
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| Date | 1915 |
| Tolkien Art Index | TAI #209 |
| Author | J.R.R. Tolkien |
| Source | https://museoteca.com/r/en/work/7385/j_r_r_tolkien/water_wind_sand/!/ |
| License | This work is copyrighted and owned by the Tolkien Estate. It is believed that the limited use of this file,
qualifies as fair use under copyright law in the United States of America. |
References
- ↑ Tolkien Estate, "Imagination" April 2021, Tolkien - The Official Site of the Tolkien Estate, accessed 2 February 2026 ("raw file")
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