Art, literature & history
The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern
1837
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Dimensions
- overall: 42.5 × 55.9 cm (16 3/4 × 22 in.) framed: 66.4 × 79.7 × 13 cm (26 1/8 × 31 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2014.79.28
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
William Sidney Mount. The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern — William Sidney Mount. 1837.
Medium: oil on wood.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 42.5 × 55.9 cm (16 3/4 × 22 in.) framed: 66.4 × 79.7 × 13 cm (26 1/8 × 31 3/8 × 5 1/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2014.79.28. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1874).
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.