Snapshot of a 'bathing picnic', according to Frances Partridge's index. Ralph Partridge sits in the foreground with his back to the camera, a towel around his waist, and his right elbow resting on his raised right knee. Noel Carrington sits to the left, wearing a shirt and looking towards Ralph. Frances Partridge is sitting in the background, naked from the waist up, but her head is not shown in the image. Towels, clothes and picnic food are lying on the grass around them