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at the Martha Wren Briggs Center for the Visual Arts
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On View
Liquid Commonwealth: The Art and Life of Water in Virginia
November 14, 2025 — February 15, 2026
Learn MoreWhere Late the Sweet Birds: Selected Works of Morgan Bulkeley, 1984-2025
August 27, 2025 — Ongoing
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Collection Highlights
The permanent collection at the Muscarelle dates from 1732 and has grown to nearly 8,000 objects.
Explore the Collection:PaintingsDrawings and WatercolorsPrintsPhotographySculpture and ObjectsRecent Acquisitions
PORTER, ELIOT
May 1975
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
Dye transfer print
Support: 27 1/8 x 31 1/8 ins. (68.8 x 79.0 cm); Image: 18 x 22 3/4 ins. (45.7 x 57.8 cm)
Gift of Joseph C. French, Jr.
CLYMER, JOHN FORD
1942
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients
Oil on canvas
Gift of Jane Spencer Smith (W&M '48) and Willard S. Smith (W&M '44), Alumni medallion recipients
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1994
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 5/8 ins. (47 x 72.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 5/8 ins. (47 x 72.5 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment with additional funds provided by the Vinyard Acquisitions and Conservation Endowment
BRASSAÏ
1950
Silver gelatin print
11 7/8 x 9 1/8 ins. (30.2 x 25 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
Silver gelatin print
11 7/8 x 9 1/8 ins. (30.2 x 25 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox and Darrell Hotchkiss
MARC, FRANZ
1912
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
Woodblock print
Sheet: 10 5/16 x 13 11/16 ins. (26.2 x 34.7 cm); Image: 7 13/16 x 9 1/2 ins. (19.8 x 24.1 cm)
Gift of William Fleming Kenan, Professor at the College of William and Mary, 1983
Attributed to van BIJLERT, JAN
1630
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 43 7/8 x 35 1/2 ins. (111.5 x 90.2 cm); Framed: 53 1/4 x 44 1/4 ins. (135.2 x 112.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 43 7/8 x 35 1/2 ins. (111.5 x 90.2 cm); Framed: 53 1/4 x 44 1/4 ins. (135.2 x 112.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
SINGLETARY, PRESTON
2023
Blown and sand-carved glass
23 1/2 x 12 x 7 ins.
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Blown and sand-carved glass
23 1/2 x 12 x 7 ins.
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
PERCY, SYDNEY RICHARD
1860
Oil on canvas
44 x 72 1/2 ins. (112.8 x 185.9 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
Oil on canvas
44 x 72 1/2 ins. (112.8 x 185.9 cm)
Purchase, Gene A. (W&M 1952) and Mary A. Burns Art Acquisition Fund
UTAGAWA TOKOKUNI, Untitled Kabuki scene, c. 1815, Woodblock print, Sheet: 15 3/8 x 31 ins. (39.0 x 78.7 cm), Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sullivan
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