Ted Nasmith

The Eagles of Manwë

The Eagles of Manwë

Media: Gouache on illustration board

First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, published by HarperCollins in 1998.

Also used as the cover for some editions of The Silmarillion.

J.R.R. Tolkien Gallery
Tinuviel Reborn The Nauglamir Aule and the Seven Fathers The White Tree The Hill of Slain Eöl is Led to the Walls Fingolfin's Wrath Húrin Finds Morwen The Gates of Sirion The Orc-Host is Ambushed in Brethil White Ships From Valinor The Kinslaying at Alqualondë At Tarn Aeluin The Ships of the Teleri Drawn by Swans Aulë Prepares to Destroy His Children The Burning of the Ships The Forging of the One Huan's Leap The Light of Valinor on the Western Sea Lúthien Escapes Upon Huan Queen Tar-Mariel and the Great Wave Transformed Turin Discovers Nienor at the_Mound of Finduilas Up the Rainy Stairs Turin Reaches the Abandoned Homestead Tuor is Led by the Swans to Vinyamar Saeros' Fatal Leap Flight of the Doomed Tuor and Voronwë See Turin at the Pool of Ivrin Túrin Bears Gwindor to Safety Beleg is Slain Tuor, Gelmir, and Arminas Fingon and Gothmog The Incoming Sea at the Rainbow Cleft Lúthien Escapes the Treehouse Eärendil Searches Tirion The Slaying of Glaurung Maglor Casts a Silmaril into the Sea Beren and Lúthien are Flown to Safety The Sea Illuin: Lamp of the Valar At Lake Cuiviénen The Light of Valinor on the Western Sea Fingolfin Leads the Host across the Helcaraxë The First Dawn of the Sun Maedhros's Rescue from Thangorodrim Eöl Welcomes Aredhel Felagund Among Bëor's Men Lúthien Escapes upon Huan Morgoth Punishes Húrin Túrin and his Band are Led to Amon Rûdh Finduilas is Led Past Túrin at the Sack of Nargothrond Ulmo Appears before Tuor Eärendil the Mariner The Eagles of Manwë The Ships of the Faithful Orthanc in the Second Age Tuor Reaches the Hidden City of Gondolin The Shores of Valinor Morgoth and the High King of Noldor Tuor at Vinyamar Lúthien The Oathtaking of Cirion and Eorl Smith and the Queen of Faery Sketches and Studies  

More Tolkien illustrations:

The Hobbit

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King
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