Luncheon of the Boating Party with figures, the other all but empty, save for the two figures of the proprietor's daughter Louise-Alphonsine Fournaise and her brother, Alphonse Fournaise, Jr, which are made prominent by this contrast. In this painting Renoir has captured a great deal of light. The main focus of light is coming from the large opening in the balcony, beside the large singleted man in the hat. The singlets of both men in the foreground and the table-cloth all work together to reflect this light and send it through the whole composition. As he often did in his paintings, Renoir included several of
William Mure (1830–1880) Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont. Together they had: Mure died on 9 November 1880. William Mure (1830–1880) William Mure, of Caldwell (9 May 1830 – 9 November 1880) was a British soldier and Liberal Party politician. He was the son of Laura Markham and William Mure (1799–1860), also a former MP for Renfrewshire. Mure was the nephew of David Mure. His mother was the second daughter of William Markham of Becca Hall, Yorkshire, and the granddaughter of William Markham (1719–1807) the Archbishop of York from 1776 to 1807. His sister, Emma Mure (1833–1911), who married Thomas Lister, 3rd Baron Ribblesdale