ERB HEROINE II
At age 23, Jack was given the chance to illustrate his father's book, The Oakdale Affair and the
Rider. JCB was very dedicated to his art and threw himself completely into his work, striving hard to justify his father's faith in him. He used his wife, Jane Ralston, and his brother-in-law, James Pierce as models for the dust jacket, which he painted on a 30" x 50" canvas. The cover and the two interior illustrations were a success and he matured rapidly as an artist. He went on to illustrate all future ERB books published during the author's lifetime - a total of over 125 illustrations.From Bill Hillman's John Coleman Burroughs Biography ~ ERBzine 335
MORE ERB WORLD HEROINES
We have compiled a sampling of the many JCB
illustrated ERB heroines
in which the classic lines of Jane's beauty
are obvious:
Jane Ralston Burroughs has the distinction
of having appeared as
heroine in nearly all of ERB's worlds:
Tarzan's Africa and wartime Southeast Asia
~ Mars ~ Venus ~ Pellucidar: The Inner Earth ~
even WWII propaganda booklets.
Artwork featured in JCB's WWII Douglas Aircraft
Training Manual
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Marks The Spot: ERBzine 353
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