尴尬的处境，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）	尴尬的处境，摘自《伦敦新闻画报》
品名（英）	An Awkward Position, from "Illustrated London News"
入馆年号	2015年，2015.653.33
策展部门	绘画和印刷品（Drawings and Prints）
创作者	Harvey Orrin Smith【1847 至 1870】【英国人】
创作年份	公元 1851
创作地区
分类	印刷品（Prints）
尺寸	图像: 6 1/8 英寸 × 9 英寸 (15.5 × 22.8 厘米) 页: 6 7/16 × 9 1/4 英寸 (16.4 × 23.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	一位传记作家描述了这起事件："当[奥利弗]戈德史密斯住在伊斯灵顿，他有时会去白宫，然后去田里……有一天，他在花园里散步时，遇到了一位受人尊敬的商人家里的三位女性，他对她们负有一定的义务。他亲切地领他们在花园里转来转去，请他们喝茶，并以可以想象到的最坦率的方式计算账单；直到他来付款时，他才发现自己陷入了一个老困境：口袋里没有钱。这时，他和侍者之间出现了一个困惑的场面，其中出现了他的一些熟人，他希望在他们的眼睛里站得特别好。这完成了他的屈辱。无法掩饰他的尴尬处境。侍者的冷笑揭示了这一点；他的熟人以他为代价自娱自乐了一段时间，声称他们无力解除他的职务。当他们玩得很开心时，侍者得到了报酬，戈德史密斯让他们把女士们打发走。"
介绍（英）	The incident shown is described by a biographer: “When [Oliver] Goldsmith resided at Islington, he sometimes extended his walks to the White Conduit House, then in the fields…While strolling one day in the gardens, he met three females of the family of a respectable tradesman, to whom he was under some obligation. He kindly conducted them about the garden, treated them to tea, and ran up a bill in the most open-handed manner imaginable; it was only when he came to pay that he found himself in one of his old dilemmas: he had not the money in his pocket. A scene of perplexity now took place between him and the waiter, in the midst of which came up some of his acquaintances, in whose eyes he wished to stand particularly well. This completed his mortification. There was no concealing the awkwardness of his position. The sneers of the waiter revealed it; his acquaintances amused themselves for some time at his expense, professing their inability to relieve him. When they had enjoyed their banter, the waiter was paid, and Goldsmith enabled to convey off the ladies."