| Description | Group photograph, captioned "sitting on Bobbie", showing Eric Arthur Blair and friends at a bathing party at "Athens", the location referring to a swimming spot reserved for fifth form Eton boys opposite Windsor race course, near Eton Wick. The figures have been identified (l-r) as Eric Arthur Blair (in floppy hat), [Robert Paton] (Bobbie) Longden (being sat on), [James Cochran] Steven[son] Runciman, F[George Frederick Arthur] (Freddie) Burgess , James [Arthur Walker] Gibson, Ralph [Mirrielees] Cazalet, [Arthur] George Wansbrough and Maurice [Gordon] Whittome. |