Headpiece for A Tryst with Ghosts
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
Dimensionsbottom: 1 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (3.5 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineAcquired by exchange, 1973
Object number1973-1.3
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.
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