Wooded landscape with gipsies round a camp fire

His Landscape with Gipsies, according to an anecdote told by Joshua Kirby's grandson Trimmer to Walter Thornbury in the 19th century, was originally commissioned from Gainsborough by a gentleman from "near Ipswich".

[3][4] Kirby begged Gainsborough for the painting,[5] which was then repaired by Trimmer's father,[6] and it is now in the Tate collection, number N05845.

Gainsborough made several trial proofs of the etching, which have enabled art historians to analyze its development as he was working on it.

[17] Although lacking the series' eponymous cottage, the landscape in the background effectively serves as the gypsy family's house and garden.

[18] The Gipsies depicts a group of gypsies gathered around a fire under a tree with a prominent dead branch hanging above them.