I have not seen this before, but it looks authentic. I know HPL corresponded with R.H. Barlow. Really cool. (From this thread at Conan.com)
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There’s also a very interesting illustration of cthulhu done by a fan which, i think, was inspired by the original sketches: http://bit.ly/GKXDnf
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Just posted the link — and a reminder about Lovecraft eZine — to my LJ, Yaddith Times. Thanks!
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Fascinating! Straight from the Master, himself. Thanks for sharing this wonderful image.
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Oh yes, there were two floating around online for quite some time! I’m not sure where I first saw Lovecraft’s sketches… probably the aforementioned Selected Letters books or perhaps in a chapbook on Barlow. I don’t rememeber whether Joshi and Schultz’s “O Fortunate Floridian” reproduce the drawings(?).
Btw Zombiequadrille, those sculptures are amazing.
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Yep, that’s HPL’s work. He doodled a bit, and, on top of those two Cthulhus, I have two instances of Pickman’s model, among other stuff.
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Mike, Lovecraft apparently did two drawings of Cthulhu. At one time both were easy to find online, but I can’t find the second one anymore. I used both when I did my sculpture ‘Lovecraft’s Cthulhu’ and my post has a little shot of the 2nd sketch. http://zombiequadrille.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d1brvhd
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It is authentic and it can be found reproduced in Arkham House’s Selected Letters series of books. Technically it is a drawing of the Cthulhu IDOL, not of Cthulhu himself. A small difference, but given Cthulhu’s plasticity of shape, possibly a critical one.
Kind Regards
Dave
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Reblogged this on The Site That Should Not Be and commented:
Awesome.
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