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Three Dragons

  • Genre/Type Descriptor(s)
    Graphic Artwork
     
  • Artist
    Tolkien, J. R. R.
    Compiling Editor
    Tolkien, Christopher
  • Contained in
    The J. R. R. Tolkien Calendar, 1979
    City
    London
    Publisher
    George Allen & Unwin
    Date
    1978
  • Relationships
    (Upstream) Incorporates -> Hringboga Heorte Gefysed, Tolkien, J. R. R. (1927 (publicly shown 1938))
    (Downstream) Reproduced in new context as -> Three Dragons, Tolkien, J. R. R. (1979)
  • Descriptive Notes

    A calendar for 1979 featuring art by J. R. R. Tolkien. The page "Three Dragons" incorporates two paintings having Beowulf associations: a coiled dragon, originally captioned "hringboga heorte gefysed," here without its caption; and a dragon fighting a warrior.

     
    Authentication

    Not seen. Entry is based on information in J. R. R. Tolkien and Christopher Tolkien, Pictures by J. R. R. Tolkien (London: George Allen & Unwin, 1979), item 40, and Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), 53.

  • Last Updated
    03/29/2022
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