# The Tough Story - Scene in a Country Tavern

- By: William Sidney Mount (American, 1807 - 1868)
- Date: 1837
- Medium: oil on wood
- Classification: Painting
- 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.)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund, 1874)
- Museum: [National Gallery of Art](https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.166464.html)
- Rights: [Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://api.nga.gov/iiif/26520be2-e8d1-4654-a559-77588fe68fcd/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)