Rose Island Lighthouse &
Claiborne Pell Bridge
Rose Island Lighthouse Art Print is from an original watercolor painting by the Artist, William B. MacGregor Jr., who is known in the New England area as the Junkyard 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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Rose Island Lighthouse & Claiborne Pell Bridge watercolor art print
Free shipping (USA only)
Original watercolor Painting is Available!!!! Please inquire!!!
Art Print
Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.
Mounted in a beveled double mat.
…..The
image or print size is smaller than the size of the mat.
Matted
Art Print is ready for a standard 8”x10”, 11”x14” or 16"x20" frame.
Mat will be signed by the artist.
Note:
Mat size is the outside dimension.
…..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 watercolor Painting is Available!!!! Please inquire!!!
Please inquire about the painting and it’s image size etc.
Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting
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William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors Nautical Chart 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.