Rare portrait of William Moseley II on view for the first time since 1897
(Artdaily.org)

A portrait of William Moseley II (1635 – 1671) by an unknown Dutch artist is on view at the Thoroughgood House in Virginia Beach through the summer. This rare portrait was last exhibited with another painting of William’s brother, Arthur Moseley, for three days at a Daughters of the American Revolution exhibit in Richmond in 1897. The portrait on display through the Virginia Beach History Museums shows Moseley II as a young man about age 14. Originally there were four paintings of family members, and these 17th-century portraits are believed to be among the earliest, if not the earliest in Virginia. All four portraits were last seen together in an auction in Philadelphia in 1870. The missing portraits include Moseley II’s mother, Susanna, elaborately dressed and wearing pieces of jewelry, and his father, William Moseley I. The Moseley family and their portraits arrived in Lynnhaven Parish, n