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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
FOX, JON GILBERT
circa 1974 - 1975
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/16 ins. (27.9 x 35.7 cm); Image: 8 7/16 x 12 5/8 ins. (21.4 x 32.1 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
Silver gelatin print
Sheet: 11 x 14 1/16 ins. (27.9 x 35.7 cm); Image: 8 7/16 x 12 5/8 ins. (21.4 x 32.1 cm)
Gift of Jon Gilbert Fox (W&M '72) and Darrell Hotchkiss
LEWIS, NORMAN
1974
Etching printed in black with grey relief on cream wove paper
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (76.0 x 56.6 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins. (50.2 x 30.0 cm)
Etching printed in black with grey relief on cream wove paper
Sheet: 29 7/8 x 22 1/2 ins. (76.0 x 56.6 cm); Image: 19 1/2 x 11 3/4 ins. (50.2 x 30.0 cm)
THIEBAUD, MORTON WAYNE
1988
Color drypoint and etching
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Fund
Color drypoint and etching
Purchase, Jean Outland Chrysler Fund
LAWRENCE, JACOB
1997
Silkscreen on Bainbridge two-ply rag paper
18 1/2 x 28 3/4 ins. (47 x 72.9 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 3/4 ins. (47 x 72.9 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
STEVENSON, BEULAH
1952
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 36 3/8 x 30 1/4 ins. (93.4 x 76.8 cm); Framed: 45 ¾ x 39 ¾ ins. (116.2 x 101.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
Oil on canvas
Canvas: 36 3/8 x 30 1/4 ins. (93.4 x 76.8 cm); Framed: 45 ¾ x 39 ¾ ins. (116.2 x 101.3 cm)
Gift of Jean Outland Chrysler
DIAL, THORNTON
1994
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Charcoal and colored pencil on paper
44 ½ x 30 ins. (113.0 x 76.1 cm); Framed: 52 7/8 x 37 7/8 ins. (134.7 x 96.2 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
CRAWLEY, JOHN R. SR.
1838
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer
Oil on canvas
53 x 40 ins. (134.6 x 101.6 cm)
Gift of Mrs. Lucy Page Wilmer Poindexter and Dr. Cary Breckinridge Wilmer
MANTEGNA, ANDREA
1470-80
Engraving with drypoint
12 7/8 x 18 1/8 ins. (32.8 x 46.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
Engraving with drypoint
12 7/8 x 18 1/8 ins. (32.8 x 46.1 cm)
Acquired with funds from the Board of Visitors Muscarelle Museum of Art Endowment
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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