I was on him before he knew what had happened. We both pulled our guns, and by the most extraordinary coincidence we both missed fire
Date1924
Artist
Douglas Duer
American painter and illustrator, 1887–1964
Illustration Citation"A Tryst with Ghosts, by Edgar Wallace, in McClure's Magazine, January 1924
MediumOil on illustration board
Dimensionsleft: 10 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (26 × 12.4 cm)
Credit LineAcquired by exchange, 1973
Object number1973-1.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextDouglas Duer created these images for page margins. His depictions of World War I were based on his own experiences as a camoufleur in the Camouflage Corps in France.A Tryst with Ghosts centers on a Canadian who returns to the battlefield where he was injured, keeping a promise to a German soldier he encountered that day.
