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Smith and the Queen of Faery
“Then he knelt, and she stooped and laid her hand on his head, and a great stillness came upon him; and he seemed to be both in the World and in Faery, and also outside them and surveying them, so that he was at once in bereavement, and in ownership, and in peace.” — Smith of Wootton Major A …
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The Oathtaking of Cirion and Eorl
Media: Gouache on illustration board (This is a scene from Tolkien’s Unfinished Tales.) First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for September.)
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Orthanc in the Second Age
Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 7½ in × 6 ½ in First appeared as part of theMiddle-earth Collectible Card Game, published by Iron Crown Enterprises in the mid-1990s.
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Morgoth and the High King of Noldor
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for October.)
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Tuor Reaches the Hidden City of Gondolin
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1996 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for June.)
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Tuor at Vinyamar
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for July.)
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The Shores of Valinor
Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 45 cm × 31 cm Limited edition prints are available First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for June.) Was also later used by the Lonely Mountain Band for the cover of their first album, “Beyond the Western Seas”
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The Ships of the Faithful
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the illustrated edition of The Silmarillion, and The Silmarillion Poster Collection, published by HarperCollins in 1998. Used on the cover of some editions of The Silmarillion. The sea is once again the focus in the dramatic apocalypse vision of The Ships of the Faithful, where the remnant of Numenorean nobility desperately …
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