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Virgil Finlay - Weird Tales pulp illo - "The Skeleton in Armor"

Artist: Virgil Finlay (All)

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Title:	Virgil Finlay - Weird Tales pulp illo - "The Skeleton in Armor"
Artist:	Virgil Finlay (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,990
Likes on CAF:	11 12
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	13
Added to Site:	11/23/2020
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Description

From late 1937 into early 1940, many issues of Weird Tales featured a full page illustration by Virgil Finlay based on a poem. Earlier this year, I acquired this one in a trade with a fellow collector. From the June 1938 issue of Weird Tales, this was for "The Skeleton in Armor" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. The image was later re-used as the cover for issue #18 of The Magazine of Horror, November 1967. The previous owner didn't care for the blank space at the bottom of the piece, so he had a reproduction of the text that appeared there in Weird Tales laid in.

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	Doug Ellis ( 1 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://pulpvault.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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Terry Doyle
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/23/2020

Great example, congrats!

Doug Ellis
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/23/2020

Terry Doyle wrote:

Great example, congrats!

Thanks much!

Brian Emrich
Member Since 2012

Posted on 11/23/2020

one of the best ones!

Doug Ellis
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/23/2020

Brian Emrich wrote:

one of the best ones!

Thanks!

Victor Dricks
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/23/2020

Unquestionably one of Finlay's greatest drawings!

Doug Ellis
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/23/2020

Victor Dricks wrote:

Unquestionably one of Finlay's greatest drawings!

Thanks!

Comics Superworld
Member Since 2007

Posted on 11/24/2020

Sensational image!

Bruce W
Member Since 2015

Posted on 11/24/2020

Freaking amazing.

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 11/24/2020

Frightening. And also very cool.

John Davis
Member Since 2014

Posted on 11/24/2020

Terrific piece by Finlay! I wonder if this influenced Ray Harryhausen ; )

Chris Puckelwartz
Member Since 2006

Posted on 11/25/2020

This is great Doug. Congrats!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 11/26/2020

Dreamlike image and a classic!

Xavier .
Member Since 2010

Posted on 1/18/2021

Fantastic piece of art, the line work is incredible!

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