Luncheon of the Boating Party his friends in "Luncheon of the Boating Party". Identification of the sitters was made in 1912 by Julius Meier-Graefe. Among them are the following: At the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, the painting generally received praise from critics. "It is fresh and free without being too bawdy," wrote Paul de Charry in "Le Pays", March 10, 1882. In "La Vie Moderne" (March 11, 1882), Armand Silvestre wrote, "...one of the best things [Renoir] has painted...There are bits of drawing that are completely remarkable, drawing- true drawing- that is a result of the juxtaposition of hues and not of line. It
History of Manchester City F.C. (1880–1928) had been formed in 1875, but no equivalent for the winter months existed. To rectify this, and as part of Rector Arthur Connell's general push to intervene in social ills, church wardens William Beastow and Thomas Goodbehere, who held senior positions at the Union Iron Works, started a church football team called "St Mark's (West Gorton)" (sometimes written as "West Gorton (St Mark's)") in the winter of 1880. The team's first recorded match occurred on 13 November 1880, against a church team from Macclesfield. St. Marks lost the match 2–1, and only won one match during their inaugural 1880–81 season,