The trio of Belmet, Burch, and O’Meary are leading a wagon train west and Murdock is out to stop them. The settlers fight off his initial Indian attack and reach the mountains. With the wagon train vulnerable as it crosses a river, Murdock has the Indians make a final attack. Written by Maurice VanAuken.
Category: Illustrations & Prints
The Night Rider (1932)
Officer John Brown is after the outlaw known as the Night Rider. Posing as Jim Blake he takes a job on the Rogers ranch. He finds the secret passage from the Rogers mine to the Rogers house used by the Night Rider and also a note written by the Night Rider to his henchmen. Practicing…
One Man’s Law (1940)
Trailcross is trying to get the new railroad and Stevens wants it to go to Mason City. Jack and sidekick Nevady arrive and when Jack faces down Stevens’ men, he is made Marshal. The townspeople raise money for the railroad and entrust it to Jack. But Stevens plants two of his henchmen as Jack’s escorts…
The Return
Paperback book cover for The Return, by Robert McGinnis (American 1926-). An artist and illustrator, McGinnis is known for his illustrations of over 1200 paperback book covers, and over 40 movie posters, including Breakfast at Tiffany’s (his first film poster assignment), Barbarella, and several James Bond films. He is a member of the Society of…
Boy and Principal
by Richard Sargent (American 1911-1978) In this evocative scene from a Saturday Evening Post cover (February 7, 1959), one can almost hear the young man saying, “Hi, sir! How are you, sir?” only to return a few minutes later with a book, Manners are fun, and with his face plainly expressing his true feelings toward…
Two Cowboys
by Frank McCarthy (American, 1924-2002). McCarthy was a prolific artist who created illustrations for Colliers, Argosy, and True magazines as well as posters for such films as The Ten Commandments, The Great Escape, The Dirty Dozen, and On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, among many others. McCarthy was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of…
Gun Fire from atop the Coach
by George Rozen (American, 1895-1974). A prolific illustrator for pulp-fiction publications. This painting appeared on the cover of Ace-High Western Stories, March 1950.
Christmas at the Cunninghams
Study for a Saturday Evening Post cover (December 11, 1954), by Amos Sewell (American, 1901-1883). Sewell sustained a strong relationship with the Saturday Evening Post, illustrating 45 covers between 1949 and 1962. He also achieved recognition as a WWII wartime artist and won a special art award for his War Bond ad illustration, What’s It…
Benjamin Franklin at the Court of King Louis 16th
Late 19th-century Lithograph, Benjamin Franklin at the Court of King Louis 16th. Franklin charmed, and sometimes scandalized, the French, America’s strongest ally during the Revolutionary War. He served as the American Minister (ambassador) to France from 1778 to 1785.
American Beauty
by Bradshaw Crandell (American, 1896-1966) While Bradshaw Crandell’s greatest satisfaction as an artist came as a result of his later portraiture of governors and heads of state, it was as a commercial artist that he achieved his greatest recognition. For a dozen years Crandell was the cover artist for Cosmopolitan Magazine, illustrating Hollywood’s most attractive…