Sketch for a Book Illustration

William Leroy Jacobs

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white sketch of three people outside a house. The people are dressed in old fashioned clothing, with one woman sitting on the steps and two people standing over her. The woman sitting on the steps wears a long skirt and jacket; she faces right and looks over her left shoulder. The person on the right is a woman wearing a headscarf; she bends toward the seated woman. The person on the left is a child; they wear a hat and coat; they look through a window. The house has a window with nine panes and open shutters on either side; two additional people are visible through the window, looking out. The steps and yard are covered in snow; snow falls around the people. The artist's signature appears in the bottom left. The title of the sketch is "Sketch for a Book Illustration." The artist is William Leroy Jacobs.