第一次“提问”，摘自《伦敦新闻画报》 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	第一次“提问”，摘自《伦敦新闻画报》
品名（英）	The First Time of 'Asking', from "Illustrated London News"
入馆年号	2019年，2019.279.13
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	William Luson Thomas【1830 至 1900】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1869
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	页: 12 11/16 × 9 9/16 英寸 (32.2 × 24.3 厘米)
介绍（中）	这幅木版画再现了伦敦风俗画家海姆斯利（Hemsley）的作品，他是一位建筑师的儿子，他最初追随父亲的职业，在业余时间绘画。他以流派主题而闻名，曾在皇家学院、英国学院和萨福克街展出，最终成为后者的副总裁。这幅画与海姆斯利职业生涯末期的一幅画有关，描绘了一对年轻夫妇在求爱开始时，一起坐在教堂的高背长椅上，这是一个受认可的公共环境，也提供了一些隐私。放下手套后，年轻女子等待她的同伴注意到并取回它。这幅版画由当时领先的木雕师威廉·卢森·托马斯（William Luson Thomas）雕刻，并可能作为"伦敦新闻画报"关于当前艺术展览的报道的一部分出版。
介绍（英）	This wood engraving reproduces a work by Hemsley, a London genre painter and son of an architect who initially had followed his father’s profession, painting in his spare time. Known for genre subjects, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, British Institution and Suffolk Street, eventually becoming vice president at the latter. The image relates to a painting made near the end of Hemsley's career and shows a young couple at the start of their courtship, seated together in a high backed pew in a church, a sanctioned public setting which also affords some privacy. Having dropped her glove, the young woman waits for her companion to notice and retrieve it. The print was engraved by William Luson Thomas, a leading wood engraver of the period, and likely published as part of the "Illustrated London News" reportage on current art exhibitions.