Ted Nasmith

An Unexpected Morning Visit

An Unexpected Morning Visit

Media: Gouache on illustration board

First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for May.)

Also used on the cover of some editions of The Hobbit, and other Tolkien publications.

J.R.R. Tolkien Gallery
Bilbo and the Eagles A Conversation With Smaug (colour sketch) A Conversation With Smaug (thumbnail) Trolls (colour sketch) The Riddle Game (colour sketch) Durin I Discovers the Three Peaks Thrain discovers the Lonely Mountain Gandalf and Thorin at Bree Smaug the Destroyer The Heart of the Mountain Eagles to the Carrock One Morning Long Ago Goblin Gate The Spiders of Mirkwood Scouring the Mountain An Unexpected Morning Visit Gollum is _Defeated Eagles to the Rescue At Beorn's Hall The Arkenstone The Unexpected Party The Riddle Game Sketches and Studies  

More Tolkien illustrations:

The Silmarillion

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

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