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Tolkien Graphics: Alan Lee 21-30
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Alan Lee's illustrations display a sensitive and imaginative interpretation of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
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Treebeard

lee21.jpg Treebeard, the Ent, ponders.

Searching Fangorn

lee22.jpg Searching Fangorn is featured in Tolkien's World.

Still chasing after the Hobbits, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas also enter Fangorn wood.

"Then what shall we do now?"' said Gimli. "We cannot pursue them through the fastness of Fangorn. We have come ill supplied. If we do not find them soon, we shall be of no use to them, except to sit down beside them and show our friendship by starving together."

The Two Towers

The Golden Hall

lee23.jpg The Golden Hall is featured in the May, 1993 Tolkien calendar.

After hard travel, Gandalf the White, Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn arrive at Meduseld.

The Battle of the Hornburg

lee24.jpg The Battle of the Hornburg is featured in the March, 1993 Tolkien calendar.

Theoden, King of the Mark, retreats to Helm's Deep and the Battle of the Hornburg begins.

The River Isen

lee25.jpg The River Isen, empty, after the Ents diverted it to flood Isengard and the Orthanc.

The Dark Tower

lee26.jpg The Dark Tower. This shows Orthanc after it was flooded. Grima Wormtongue is at the bottom of the stair.

Smeagol At Knife Point

lee27.jpg Smeagol At Knife Point.

On the way to destroy the One Ring, Sam and Frodo are met by Smeagol.

On this particular occasion, Frodo holds Smeagol in an unfortunate position, at knife point.

The Dead Marshes

lee28.jpg The Dead Marshes.

With Gollum as their guide, Frodo and Sam travel to many nasty and fell places; this is the Dead Marshes where the faces of the dead peer up through the waters.

The Dark Gates

lee29.jpg The Dark Gates.

This painting is of Frodo, Sam and Gollum looking upon the Dark Gates.

The Oliphaunt

lee30.jpg The Oliphaunt.

This painting is featured in the August, 1993 Tolkien calendar.

An oliphaunt or mumakil, with Sam looking on.