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The Balrog
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for August.)
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Under the Spell of the Barrow-wight
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for January.)
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Leaving the Shire
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1987 Tolkien Calendar, published by Unwin Paperbacks. (It was the painting for May.)
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Riders at The Ford
Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 47½ cm × 31 cm Limited edition prints are available First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for February.) Also used on the cover of some editions of The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Rivendell
Media: Gouache on illustration board Dimensions: 66 cm × 54.5 cm (495 limited edition prints were produced, but they have since sold out.) First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for June.) Used as the cover for some editions of The Hobbit. Painted over many months (off and …
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Green Hill Country
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for November.) Also appeared on an 8″ collector plate made in Wedgwood English fine bone china by Danbury Mint.
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At the Sign of the Prancing Pony
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1990 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for January.)
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Farewell to Lórien
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for August.)
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The Anger of the Mountain
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar, published by Grafton Books. (It was the painting for December, and was featured on the cover.) Also appeared on an 8″ collector plate made in Wedgwood English fine bone china by Danbury Mint.
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Password Into Moria
Media: Gouache on illustration board First appeared in the 1996 Tolkien Calendar, published by HarperCollins. (It was the painting for July.) Also used on the cover of The Tolkien Quiz Book by Andrew Murray, published by HarperCollins in 1996.
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