Rose Island Lighthouse with
the winter harbor seals
Rose
Island Lighthouse Art Print is from an original watercolor
painting on a nautical chart by William B. MacGregor Jr., who is
known in the New England area as the Nautical Chart Artist.
Rose Island Lighthouse was built in 1869. The dwelling and attached light tower was built on the ruins of Fort Hamilton. The light was first lighted on January 20, 1870. The island was also used by the Navy to build and store torpedoes/ mines and abandoned the island in the mid-1950. In 1969 the Newport Bridge was finished and the Coast Guard closed the lighthouse in 1971. The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation was formed in 1984 to in restore and maintains the lighthouse. After years of hard work the light was relighted in 1993 On June 25, 1999 the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation acquired the rest of the island. The whole island will now be protected. In the winter Newport Harbor is a haven for seals as depicted in front of the painting.
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Nautical Chart Art Print of Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport Rhode Island.
Free shipping (USA only)
Art Print
Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.
Mounted in a beveled double mat.
Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8”x10” or 11”x14” frame.
Mat will be signed by the artist.
Note:
Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit
into a
standard frame that can be purchased at
your local craft/department store.
No need for
custom framing!
The image/print size is smaller
than the size of the mat.
Magnet
Magnet is approximately 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” in size.
Acrylic Plastic Refrigerator Magnet.
Original Painting
Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting
Mounted in a 16”x20” mat.
Image opening size is approx. 10 1/4” x 14 3/4”
Sorry, I do not offer framing. But it will fit into a standard 16”x20” frame.
$199 including shipping.
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William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist
William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May,2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA