| Contrary Winds | |
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| Artist | Thomas Webster |
| Year | 1843 |
| Type | Oil on panel, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 37.3 cm× 57.1 cm(14.7 in× 22.5 in) |
| Location | Victoria 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]
