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In this large-scale composition, which was first exhibited in 1907, seven grown-ups and two children are arranged diagonally. When Egry painted this picture, influences of several kind were present, he was probably influenced by Adolf Fényes and Károly Ferenczy. Colours suggesting artlessness, peaceful forms, soft contours around them, the pursuit of monumentality and a sophisticated unidealized portrayal of reality recall Puvis de Chavannes' great art. Egry probably saw Van Gogh's and Matisse' works while he was staying in Paris and always thought highly of them. The figures of this picture radiate emotions without leaving the inert world, they maintain directness and present the fate of a social layer, to which Egry felt committed. He does not observe the scene from outside, he is a part of it, he is standing there and waiting together with them He can be recognized in the figure of a young man in the right hand corner of the foreground.
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