H.E. Riddett

H.E. Riddett
Biographical information
Born	1905
Died	1990
Location	England, UK

Harold Eric Riddett (1905-1990), commonly known as H.E. Riddett, was a British artist. He is noteworthy for adding colour to many black-and-white maps and drawings in several posthumous J.R.R. Tolkien publications, most notably in many editions of The Hobbit and illustrated editions of The Silmarillion.

Illustrations coloured

The Hobbit

• "The Trolls"
• "The Mountain-path"
• "The misty Mountains looking West from the Eyrie towards Goblin Gate"
• "Beorn's Hall"
• "The Elvenking's Gate"
• "Lake Town"
• "The Front Gate"
• "The Hall at Bag End, Resident of B. Baggins Esquire"

Maps

• "Map of Beleriand and the Lands to the North"
• "Map of Wilderland"
• "Thrór's Map"

Others

• "Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen"
• "Nargothrond (II)"
• "The Three Trolls are turned to Stone"
• "Tol Sirion"

Bibliography (as artist)

Books

• 1976: The Hobbit
• 1991: The Hobbit Birthday Book
• 1991: The Tolkien Diary 1992
• 1992: The Tolkien Address Book
• 1993: Poems by J.R.R. Tolkien: Volume I-III
• 1996: A Tolkien Book of Days
• 1998: The Silmarillion
• 1999: Poems from The Hobbit
• 2005: Tolkien Diary 2006

Calendars

• 1975: The Hobbit Calendar 1976
• 1977: The Silmarillion Calendar 1978
• 1978: J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979
• 1978: The Silmarillion Desk Calendar 1979
• 2005: Tolkien Calendar 2006