Ellis, Doug :: John Richard Flanagan

"Two Swordsmen of Gascony"

Artist: John Richard Flanagan (All)

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Title:	"Two Swordsmen of Gascony"
Artist:	John Richard Flanagan (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,323
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	9/19/2015
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Here�s a John Richard Flanagan illo from later in his career, when he�d moved from the slicks to the pulps. I bought this in 2004 from Illustration House, and it took me a decade to identify it. Although it has a �45 date by the signature, it�s actually from the November 1940 issue of Blue Book, illustrating �Two Swordsmen of Gascony� by H. Bedford-Jones. I�ve had this problem with identifying Flanagan illos before -- he almost never dated them when he drew them for magazines, but would later date them, presumably with whatever year it was at the time. My guess is that it was done in conjunction with selling them, or for putting them in a gallery show, to make them look up to date. The tale is set in France, and the caption reads: �The name of Moliere, comrades, shall be linked with yours in fame.� His comrades are Cyrano and D�Artaignan.

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	Doug Ellis ( 1 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	January 2026
Website:	http://pulpvault.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/20/2015

Nice!

George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/11/2019

love flanagan.s work and this is a nice one

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