Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881; ) is a painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Included in the Seventh Impressionist Exhibition in 1882, it was identified as the best painting in the show by three critics. It was purchased from the artist by the dealer-patron Paul Durand-Ruel and bought in 1923 (for $125,000) from his son by industrialist Duncan Phillips, who spent a decade in pursuit of the work. It is now in The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. It shows a richness of form, a fluidity of brush stroke, and a flickering light. The
Eton Boating Song 'With your bodies between your knees.' The song appears in the 1951 comedy film "The Lavender Hill Mob", sung by the schoolgirls during the school scene. The song features in the 1953 comedy film "The Titfield Thunderbolt" and the 1959 adventure film "North West Frontier". The "Eton Boating Song" features in the 1960s television series "The Prisoner", in the episodes "The Girl Who Was Death" and "Once Upon a Time". In the Thunderbirds episode "The Cham-Cham", Parker briefly sings part of the song as he prepares to go boating before being called out on a mission by Lady Penelope. It