ILLUSTRATING THE VIRGINIAN






































These 8 illustrations by Arthur L. Keller were published in the first editions of the novel -- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1902.
  • Frontispiece: "By his side the girl..."

  • "When you call me that, smile."

  • "The Rescue"

  • "the unconscious parents danced on..."

  • "Frawgs are dead, Trampas..."

  • "I promise to make your little girl happy"

  • "I wish I could thank him"

  • "For my sake, she begged him..."



  • These 15 photographs of the dramatization of the novel were published in a special theatrical edition "illustrated by scenes and characters from the play" -- New York: The Macmillan Company, 1904. (COURTESY THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRET COLLECTION | UVA)
  • Frontispiece: Mr. Farnum as the Virginian

  • Mr. Campeau as Trampas

  • "So Trampas swallowed"

  • "God Bless our home!"

  • "There's not a little bit o' use..."

  • "A supper of frogs' legs"

  • "And you play your face wrong"

  • The pleasant Steve

  • Steve cannot say good-by

  • "When you see this, remember me"

  • The message of the dead

  • "My age had got its growth"

  • "We'll be very good"

  • "Think of her"

  • "Thus did her conscience capitulate"



  • In 1911 the Macmillan Company brought out a very limited edition (100 signed copies) of The Virginian with these 9 illustrations by Frederic Remington, the country's most famous "western" artist. (COURTESY THE CLIFTON WALLER BARRET COLLECTION | UVA)
  • Frontispiece: The Earth's Morning Breath

  • A cow pony caught in a gopher hole

  • Driving the round-up

  • A daring feat of horsemanship

  • Five thousand reward, dead or alive

  • Desperate riding in cattle country

  • His first lesson

  • An exciting monte game

  • A post-office in cow country



  • Four images from the 1911 Preferred Pictures film version, published (along the other illustrations) by Grossett & Dunlap (New York: 1911).
  • Frontispiece: "The Virginian and Molly."

  • "I'll give you till sundown..."

  • "So you've turned cattle rustler..."

  • "Steve has but an hour more to live."



  • Four images from the 1925 Paramount Pictures film version, published (along the other illustrations) by Grossett & Dunlap (New York: 1925).
  • Frontispiece: "The Virginian and the little schoolteacher."

  • "Pals, but rivals in love."

  • "The Virginian discovers his best friend is a cattle thief."

  • "The end of the cattle rustlers."



  • The images below are from a Grosset & Dunlap 1935 edition. The first, the frontispiece, is one of the Frederick Remington drawings that first appeared in The Virginian in the 1911 limited edition above. The remaining part-page drawings, by Charles M. Russel, began appearing in Grosset & Dunlap's and Macmillan's editions at least as early as 1911, and perhaps earlier. The list below is about a third the total number.
  • "A daring feat of horsemanship"

  • Chapter 1

  • Chapter 2

  • Chapter 2

  • Chapter 7

  • Chapter 10

  • Chapter 11

  • Chapter 12

  • Chapter 12

  • Chapter 16

  • Chapter 20

  • Chapter 23

  • Chapter 26

  • Chapter 27

  • Chapter 27

  • Chapter 29

  • Chapter 31

  • Chapter 31

  • Chapter 33

  • Chapter 35

  • Chapter 36

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