Contrary Winds (painting)

Contrary Winds
ArtistThomas Webster
Year1843
TypeOil on panel, genre painting
Dimensions37.3 cm × 57.1 cm (14.7 in × 22.5 in)
LocationVictoria and Albert Museum, London

Contrary Winds is an 1843 genre painting by the British artist Thomas Webster. [1] It depicts a scene of idyllic childhood in an English cottage where a children"s game of sailing boats in a washing tub is taking place. An older woman is seated on the left sewing. The painting was displayed at the 1844 exhibition of the British Institution held in Pall Mall.[2] It was acquired by the John Sheepshanks who in 1857 donated it to the Victoria and Albert Museum.[3]

References

  1. ^ Roe p.302
  2. ^ Webster, Thomas (RA) (1843), Contrary Winds, retrieved 2025-11-17
  3. ^ "Contrary winds". artuk.org. Retrieved 2025-11-17.

Bibliography

  • Begiato, Joanne. Manliness in Britain, 1760–1900: Bodies, Emotion, and Material Culture. Manchester University Press, 2020.
  • Roe, Sonia. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the Victoria and Albert Museum. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2008.
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