Category: The Hobbit

Ted Nasmith Illustrations from The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien

Goblin Gate

Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 7½ in × 6 ½ in First appeared as part of the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, published by Iron Crown Enterprises in the mid-1990s.

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The Spiders of Mirkwood

Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 7¾ in × 6½ in First appeared as part of the Middle-earth Collectible Card Game, published by Iron Crown Enterprises in the mid-1990s.

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Scouring the Mountain

Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1996 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for April, and was featured on the cover.) Also used as the package art and centerpiece for The Hobbit: The Defeat of the Evil Dragon Smaug, a board game published in 2001 by Sophisticated Games Ltd.

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A conversation with Smaug (colour sketch)

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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A conversation with Smaug (thumbnail)

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Bilbo and the Eagles

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Trolls (colour sketch)

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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The Riddle Game (colour sketch)

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Durin I discovers the Three Peaks

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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Thrain discovers the Lonely Mountain

Media: Gouache on illustration board

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