Tolkien portraits - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Bêthberry · 07-09-2009, 09:06 PM

Like Esty, I have not seen this before, so I certainly thank Mithalwen for posting it here.

It certainly an interesting and original portrait and rather surprising given that Snowdon reportedly hated reading. He must have done his homework on his subjects.

It's interesting that only the tiniest part of Tolkien's head meets the sky. As others have said before, altogether tree-ish.

Did Tolkien himself ever publicly comment on the portrait? It would be fascinating to know what he thought of it.

07-09-2009, 09:06 PM	#7
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,005	Like Esty, I have not seen this before, so I certainly thank Mithalwen for posting it here. It certainly an interesting and original portrait and rather surprising given that Snowdon reportedly hated reading. He must have done his homework on his subjects. It's interesting that only the tiniest part of Tolkien's head meets the sky. As others have said before, altogether tree-ish. Did Tolkien himself ever publicly comment on the portrait? It would be fascinating to know what he thought of it. __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.