Londoners Gypsying is an oil on canvas genre painting by the British-American artist Charles Robert Leslie, from 1820.Galinou & Hayes p.587Bryde p.93 It depicts a family of Londoners enjoying a picnic in Epping Forest.Museum of the Home 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.Matthews p.141 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.Art UK
References
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