David had a meeting in Richmond today and we drove down this morning - in the rain...
The museum was an obvious choice for me to fill some time on such a grey day. It has a surprisingly large and wide-ranging collection - I spent the whole day strolling from gallery to gallery.
Here are a few of my favourite items..
Collection of Art Nouveau buckles, including some made for Liberty, by Tiffany and by Archibald Knox.
Wonderful Tiffany lamps.. and a most extraordinary Tiffany punch bowl ..
Print from Audubon's 'Birds of America' which must have been a huge format book.
Collection of Faberge items - unfortunately the museum's collection of eggs was away on tour. I particularly liked the Lily of the Valley...
The range and quality of the paintings was impressive..
There were wonderful early works of art, too..
I have many more photos to share but, for now, here is a Roman sculpture - of the original 'selfie'..?
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