Figures listening to a storyteller; on the right, a bearded, bald man, in silhouette, sits reading from a book; on the left, two children, two women and four men, some of whom wear coats and hats and at least two of whom are seated; background, a table, a vase, a saw, a hammer and the radiating light of an obscured lamp? / candlestick? The bearded, bald storyteller is depicted as three separate figures, once reading a book, once standing with his right hand placed on his chest and once seated and gesturing to the children with his right hand. Etched with hatching and cross hatching. A roulette is possibly used for shading in the lower left corner. Re-etching after initial biting. Paper has the watermark 'ad & Co.'