George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson
The Miseries of Human Life: Getting Up Early in a Cold Gloomy Morning...Before an Empty Grate
October 9, 1807
Hand-colored etching
25.5 × 34.3 cm (10 × 13.5 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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