Boots

Brown leather shoes belonging to Captain F. L. McClintock (1817-1907), which were worn over woollen foot wrappers and thick socks. The shoes have a canvas upper, two leather flaps which lace together over the top of the foot, and laces passing through two pairs of eyeletted holes. The canvas upper has a draw string at the top to secure it under the wearers knee over the trousers to keep out loose snow.

Object Details

ID: AAA3988
Collection: Polar Equipment and Relics
Type: Boots
Display location: Not on display
Events: Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Date made: circa 1857
Exhibition: North-West Passage
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London