Londoners Gypsying

Londoners Gypsying
Artist	Charles Robert Leslie
Year	1820
Type	Oil on Canvas, genre painting
Dimensions	81.5 cm× 98.5 cm(32.1 in× 38.8 in)
Location	Museum of the Home, London

Londoners Gypsying is an oil on canvas genre painting by the British-American artist Charles Robert Leslie, from 1820. ^{[1] [2]} It depicts a family of Londoners enjoying a picnic in Epping Forest. ^[3] It reflects the common usage of the term "gypsyng" in the early nineteenth century to refer to outdoor leisure activities in imitation of gypsy culture. ^[4] It was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1820 at Somerset House. Today is in the Museum of the Home, in London, having been acquired in 1976. ^[5]

References

1. Galinou & Hayes p.587
2. Bryde p.93
3. Museum of the Home
4. Matthews p.141
5. Art UK

Bibliography

• Byrde, Penelope. Nineteenth Century Fashion. Batsford, 1992.
• Galinou, Mireille & Hayes, John. London in Paint: Oil Paintings in the Collection at the Museum of London. The Museum, 1996.
• Matthews, Jodie. The Gypsy Woman: Representations in Literature and Visual Culture. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.