TCG Letter #2302

The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017), p. 803 (entry for "Summer 1972")

Ted Nasmith page for The Unexpected Party, "Photos of this painting (including detail shots) were sent to J.R.R. Tolkien in 1972 along with some other work. He responded a few weeks later with a letter typed and signed by his personal secretary both praising the work and making the comment that Bilbo seemed too childlike.This was invaluable feedback for a young teenage artist."