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[Monster Mere]

  • Genre/Type Descriptor(s)
    Graphic Artwork
     
  • Artist
    Tolkien, J. R. R.
  • Date
    1928 (published 1995)
  • Relationships
    (Downstream) Reproduced in new context as -> Wudu Wyrtum Faest (Grendel's Mere) [i], Tolkien, J. R. R. (1995)
    (Downstream) Reproduced in new context as -> [Monster Mere], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)
  • Descriptive Notes

    A drawing made with black ink in July 1928 of the monster mere in Beowulf, depicting a pool of turbulent water surrounded by blasted trees and mountains.

    The image has been reproduced at original size in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), plate 50; and on the back inside flap of the dust jacket of Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell, by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).

     
    Scholarship

    Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), 53-54.

     
    Authentication

    Information in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), 53-54.

  • Last Updated
    03/29/2022
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