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Miseries of London

Miseries of London

Thomas Rowlandson · published 1807

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Palette

Biscuit
51% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.9:1

Fawn
30% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.2:1

Sepia
11% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.8:1

Dark ochre
3% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1

Rose
3% of the image
Red · text contrast 4.6:1

Old gold
2% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 7.1:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
1756–1827
Date: published 1807
Type: Print
Medium: hand-colored etching
Size: sheet: 26.5 × 35.3 cm (10 7/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
Place: British
Period: 19th century
Themes: Cities and streets
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 66, colourfulness 21

National Gallery of Art, Washington, Rosenwald Collection. Museum record. Public domain. United States: National Gallery of Art marks it open access (published_images.openaccess = 1: public domain, CC0). Europe: Artist died 1827: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1898. Last checked 2026-10-31 (published_images.openaccess = 1: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules