Book cover illustration for "Leaf by Niggle", a short story written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1938–39 and first published in the Dublin Review in January 1945.
It can be found, most notably, in Tolkien's book titled Tree and Leaf. "Leaf by Niggle" is often seen as an allegory of Tolkien's own creative process, and, to an extent, of his own life.
