A Gipsy Girl
1794 painting by Thomas Lawrence
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A Gipsy Girl is a 1794 oil painting by the British artist Thomas Lawrence. It depicts a young woman, who resembles a poacher as much as a gipsy, with a chicken clutched to her chest. An angry farmer is seen in the background.[1] The sitter is sometimes suggested to be Maria Siddons, the daughter of the celebrated actress of Sarah Siddons. Lawrence was involved romantically with both Maria and her elder sister Sally.[2][3]
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| Artist | Thomas Lawrence |
| Year | 1794 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, fancy picture |
| Dimensions | 91.5 cm × 71.1 cm (36.0 in × 28.0 in) |
| Location | Royal Academy of Arts, London |
When Lawrence was elected full member of the Royal Academy of Arts a few months before his twenty-fifth birthday he was required to submit a diploma work. As portraitists were not permitted to submit their normal line, Lawrence instead produced this Fancy picture as his submission.[4] It featured at a retrospective of Lawrence's work staged by the British Institution in 1833. It was also displayed at the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857.[5]
