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Homer drew five illustrations for the serialized novel, Beechdale, by Mary Virginia Hawes Terhune (writing under the pseudonym Marion Harland). The novel is a romantic tale centering on duty, false love, and moral conflict. The young heroine, Jessie, is depicted recovering from a sprained foot and dreamily listening to an address given by Roy Fordham beyond the open window. She is interrupted from her happy reveries about Roy (to whom she is secretly engaged) by the arrival of his cousin, Orrin Wyllys. After polite conversation, \u201cshe turned her face to the window.\u201d Homer\u2019s drawing, emphasizing mood in favor of narrated events, forecast his paintings of the early 1870s featuring contemplative women positioned near windows, symbolizing access to the world beyond domesticity.

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