Art, literature & historyMiseries of Social Life - Sitting for hours before a smokey Chimney
1807
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- Dimensions
- page size: 54.8 × 36.5 cm (21 9/16 × 14 3/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1945.5.532
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Miseries of Social Life - Sitting for hours before a smokey Chimney — Thomas Rowlandson. 1807.
Medium: .
Dimensions (museum labels retained): page size: 54.8 × 36.5 cm (21 9/16 × 14 3/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1945.5.532. Rosenwald Collection.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.