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Tolkien Graphics: Ted Nasmith
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Ted Nasmith's illustrations display an fluid and magickal interpretation of Tolkien's Middle Earth.
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Ted Nasmith Tolkien Graphics

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Ted Nasmith's paintings display a wealth of detail and artistic interest to me. They are well constructed and often exciting.

An Unexpected Morning Visit

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

Gandalf visits Bilbo at Bag End.

The Hobbitt

At the Court of the Fountain

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

To the left is the dead remains of the white tree of Gondor, which indicates that this picture is before the end of the War of the Rings.

The Return of the King

No way down

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

Sam and Frodo are probably in Mordor looking out over a cliff.

The Two Towers

Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

No man can slay the Lord of the Nazgul but Eowyn is a woman and slays him.

The Return of the King

Farewell to Lorien

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

The elves, Bilbo, and Frodo prepare to leave on their final mortal journey.

The Fellowship of the Ring

Gollum's Debate

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

Gollum and Smeagol debate on the plains of Mordor.

The Two Towers

Morgoth and the High King of the Noldor

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

Morgoth was the principal agent of evil in The Silmarillion. The Noldor were highly skilled elves.

The Silmarillion

The Glittering Caves of Aglarond

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

This painting is featured in Tolkien's World.

Shortly after the Battle of Helm's Deep, Gimli speaks to Legolas about the wonders at The Caverns of Helm's Deep.


Gems and crystals and veins of precious ore glint in the polished walls; and the light glows through folded marbles, shell–like, translucent as the living hands of Queen Galadriel.

The Return of the King

The Shores of Valinor

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1992 (Centenary) Tolkien Calendar

The undying lands and home of the Valar, the gods.

The Silmarillion

Tuor at Vinyamar

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Tuor is guided by swans to the ancient and ruined city of Vinyamar.

The Silmarillion