It served as the frontispiece for Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920). This artwork is a favorite of many ERB fans and collectors. Ruins of an abandoned city lost in the past provide silent witness to the battle. Additional green warriors are off in the background on the left. We cannot quite see her face, but from her stance and her flowing long hair, we know that she is extraordinarily beautiful, as befits a Burroughs heroine and princess. The red-skinned warrior, sword in hand, is ready to fight to protect the princess standing to the side. There is the six-limbed green warrior on his mount, a thoat. Contained in this single image are all the emblems of Barsoom. John image is one of the great iconic portrayals of Barsoom. John provided numerous interior illustrations was the fourth book in the series, Thuvia, Maid of Mars (1920). John has apparently painted over so that the image could be used for a monochrome frontispiece, but was not quite able to get rid of all traces of it. If you examine the print carefully, you can see the remnants of the original lettering which St. John's own distinctive lettering painted onto the canvas. John painted this image as the color dust jacket cover, with St. Before them all I drew my wife close to me and kissed her upon the lips. "Let a world's most beautiful woman share the honor of her husband," he said. ![]() Straight to the Throne of Righteousness they bore her, and there Tardos Mors assisted her from the car, leading her forward to my side. Presently fifty of the mightiest nobles of the greatest courts of Mars marched down the broad Aisle of Hope bearing a splendid car upon their shoulders, and as the people saw who sat within, the cheers that had rung out for me paled into insignificance besides those which thundered through the vast edifice now, for she whom the nobles carried was Dejah Thoris, beloved Princess of Helium. No longer may John Carter be Prince of Helium" - he paused - "but instead let him be Jeddak of Jeddaks, Warlord of Barsoom!" "Judges," he said, "there can be but one verdict. At the very end of the book the leaders and rulers of the separate nations, the red, the green, the yellow, and the black, have come to the capital city of Helium, surprised John Carter by summoning him to a justice tribunal, and Tars Tarkas, the ruler of the Thark nation asserts: John has chosen to illustrate the final page of the book, the triumphant finish to the three volume trilogy which began with A Princess of Mars. The same image in monochrome serves as the frontispiece. John was for the dust jacket of The Warlord of Mars (September 1919). ![]() The first illustration set on Barsoom by St. John painted and drew many classic images of John Carter, the incomparable Dejah Thoris, the princess of Mars, and their various adventures. His first ERB art was his pen-and-ink illustrations for the 1915 The Return of Tarzan, and over the decades St. ![]() John (1872-1957) was one of Burroughs' favorite illustrators.
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