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"Tanaqui": a painting by J.R.R. Tolkien from 1915.
This is evident also in Tanaqui, painted early in 1915, to judge by its position in the sketch-book. Its title appears to be an early form of Taniquetil, but the mountain depicted is surely not the one by that name in Tolkien's mythology, 'loftiest of all mountains, clad in purest snow'. Probably Tanaqui should be associated with the poem Kor, written on 30 April 1915.
"Tanaqui', 1915. This painting of the city of the Elves in Valinor is from the Book of Ishness; a sketchbook started by Tolkien when he was at university. The vivid colours and surreal style were later used by Tolkien in illustrations of the north pole by 'Father Christmas'.
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