WORKSHEET 1

ARTHUR HUGHES (1832-1915)

The Long Engagement c. 1854-’9

The picture is about a girl engaged to be married to a young curate -

(the assistant to a parish priest).

• They have been engaged for a long time, can you guess why they are still not married? Say why….

• Why are they meeting in the woods?

• She is not wearing an engagement ring, - why not?