Inspired by The Fellowship of the Ring
Grief after Moria
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The Lord of the Rings art prints
J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954 to 1955) is full of moments that readers carry for life. My prints choose the quiet ones and the terrible ones, and they come from the books, not any film. Each scene is made with AI image tools and art-directed by me in the style of a Victorian engraving or etching.
The story behind the scenes
The Witch-king at the Gate is from The Return of the King, Book V. The great ram has broken the Gate of Minas Tirith, and through the ruin rides the Lord of the Nazgûl, a crown on his head and nothing beneath it. One rider waits for him alone in the archway. Then, somewhere in the city, a cock crows, and far away the horns of Rohan begin to sound. I made it a Gothic wood engraving with one colour only, the flame on the raised sword. Grief after Moria is from The Fellowship of the Ring, the end of Book II, Chapter 5. The Company has come out of the mines without Gandalf, and on the bare mountainside the grief takes them all at once. My first try was a watercolour, and it simply wasn't sad enough. An 1890s etching was.
Gifts for Tolkien fans
For the reader who knows the appendices, the friend who rewatches every Christmas but swears the books are better, or any study with a Middle-earth shelf. Unframed A4 prints start at £19.99, and framed prints arrive ready to hang.
Questions
- Where does the Witch-king break the gate?
- At the Siege of Gondor, in The Return of the King, Book V, Chapter 4, "The Siege of Gondor", when the Gate of Minas Tirith is broken.
- What happens after Moria in The Fellowship of the Ring?
- The Company escapes the mines without Gandalf, mourns him on the mountainside, and then goes on to Lothlórien.
- Are these prints from the films?
- No. They are inspired-by prints based on Tolkien's books, and nothing in them is taken from any film.