Ted Nasmith

The Balrog

The Balrog

Media: Goache on illustration board

First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for August.)

J.R.R. Tolkien Gallery
The Company Attempts the Pass of Caradhras The Argonath Last Sight of Hobbiton Beyond the Old Forest A Song in The Trollshaws At The Ford Gandalf Escapes Upon Gwaihir The Fellowship Leaving Rivendell Fire on Weathertop At The Bridge The Great Tree at Caras Galadhon Lady Galadriel The Pillars of The Kings Boromir Galadriel Gandalf and Shadowfax The Willow-man is Tamed The Attack of the Wraiths Fifth Day After Weathertop Password Into Moria The Anger of The Mountain Farewell to Lórien At the Sign of The Prancing Pony Green Hill Country Rivendell Riders at The Ford Leaving the Shire Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight The Balrog Green Hill Morning Elves in the Woody End Tol Brandir Sketches and Studies  

More Tolkien illustrations:

The Silmarillion

The Hobbit

The Two Towers

The Return of the King
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