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The image shows a wooden shoehorn with an elongated looped handle and a flat base with a small carved detail. The color palette includes various shades of brown against a light beige background. The shoehorn is positioned centrally and slightly angled on a flat surface.
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The image shows a wooden shoehorn with an elongated looped handle and a flat base with a small carved detail. The color palette includes various shades of brown against a light beige background. The shoehorn is positioned centrally and slightly angled on a flat surface.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Bootjack

William McAuley

Date
c. 1939
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper
Dimensions
overall: 26.7 x 35.8 cm (10 1/2 x 14 1/8 in.) Original IAD Object: 20" long; loop: 8 1/2" long; 6" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2003
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Massachusetts
  • American
Inscription

lower right in Wm McAuley

NGA object ID 14212. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.