The image shows a dark-colored shoe on top of a stack of books. One of the books is partially covered in a multicolored, textured fabric with earthy tones of brown, beige, green, blue, and black. The shoe is placed horizontally on the books, angled towards the upper right corner. The books are aligned parallel to the bottom edge of the frame, with the fabric extending from beneath the shoe down towards the bottom edge.
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Shoe, Herring, and Book

George Loring Brown (American, 1814 - 1889)

1833

Medium
watercolor on wove paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 8.89 × 17.78 cm (3 1/2 × 7 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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