Then cap'n Vesty stepped out laughing and winking, his white hair flying, his fingers snapping

Then cap'n Vesty stepped out laughing and winking, his white hair flying, his fingers snapping
Then cap'n Vesty stepped out laughing and winking, his white hair flying, his fingers snapping

Then cap'n Vesty stepped out laughing and winking, his white hair flying, his fingers snapping

Date1923
Artist (American painter and illustrator, 1887–1964)
Illustration Citation"Gallagher's Devil," by H. Bedford-Jones, in McClure's Magazine, October 1923
MediumGouache on board
Dimensionssheet: 15 × 7 1/8 in. (38.1 × 18.1 cm)

Credit LineGift of John R. Schoonover, 1992
Object number1992-107
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsDRAWING
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.

The author H. Beford-Jones was a prolific writer of pulp magazine fiction and dime novels.
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