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Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed
c. 1757
- Dating
- Approximate
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and gray ink with brown wash on laid paper, laid down
- Dimensions
- overall (to outer framing line): 14.3 x 8.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1942.9.782
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Hubert François Gravelot. Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
Nine Children Listening to a Girl Tell a Story; A Boy Handing a Purse to a Girl Seated on a Bed — Hubert François Gravelot. c. 1757.
Medium: pen and gray ink with brown wash on laid paper, laid down.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall (to outer framing line): 14.3 x 8.1 cm (5 5/8 x 3 3/16 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1942.9.782. Widener Collection.
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.