Tolkien's Christmas Art - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 01-05-2006, 08:15 PM

Oh, a more wonderful link! Thank you, Child. My source was an Oxford link, but there are more pictures in your link than I have ever seen.

I like the tree stuck in the frozen pond and especially enjoy the final Father Christmas picture there. The earth seen against the solar system! Wonderful!

Hilde Bracegirdle · 01-07-2006, 07:28 AM

Some more selections (I hope the links work.)

Pen and ink

You'll have to click on the individual pictures here

It is amazing how Tolkien excelled in so many different styles of artwork. These illustrations have always been favorites of mine, with their decorative style and bright colors.

I also get a kick out of the story about the north pole breaking, with Tolkien so careful to show the spot where it was mended in his subsequent letters.

Guinevere · 01-12-2006, 02:22 PM

I found this thread only just now - but I have just bought "Lettes from Father Christmas" two weeks before Christmas (a gift to myself

) and am delighted not only by the pictures but by the lovingly decorated letters, written in such beautiful (even if purposely wobbly) writing, and amused by the comments of North Polar Bear and Ilbereth the Elf (interesting name!!)
It must have been wonderful for the children to get these letters. I wonder how long they really believed in F.C ?
For any who haven't seen it, I try to attach a scanned facsimile of one of the letters

edit: it didn't work, the file was too large

01-05-2006, 08:15 PM	#1
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Oh, a more wonderful link! Thank you, Child. My source was an Oxford link, but there are more pictures in your link than I have ever seen. I like the tree stuck in the frozen pond and especially enjoy the final Father Christmas picture there. The earth seen against the solar system! Wonderful! __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.

01-12-2006, 02:22 PM	#3
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I found this thread only just now - but I have just bought "Lettes from Father Christmas" two weeks before Christmas (a gift to myself ) and am delighted not only by the pictures but by the lovingly decorated letters, written in such beautiful (even if purposely wobbly) writing, and amused by the comments of North Polar Bear and Ilbereth the Elf (interesting name!!) It must have been wonderful for the children to get these letters. I wonder how long they really believed in F.C ? For any who haven't seen it, I try to attach a scanned facsimile of one of the letters edit: it didn't work, the file was too large __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat! Last edited by Guinevere; 01-12-2006 at 02:30 PM. Reason: the link didn't work

01-07-2006, 07:28 AM	#2
Hilde Bracegirdle Relic of Wandering Days Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: You'll See Perpetual Change. Posts: 1,480	Some more selections (I hope the links work.) Pen and ink You'll have to click on the individual pictures here It is amazing how Tolkien excelled in so many different styles of artwork. These illustrations have always been favorites of mine, with their decorative style and bright colors. I also get a kick out of the story about the north pole breaking, with Tolkien so careful to show the spot where it was mended in his subsequent letters.