Fort
Adams
Newport,
RI
Historic
Fort Adams is from an original watercolor painting on a nautical
chart by the Artist, William B. MacGregor Jr., who is known in
the New England area as the Junkyard Artist. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In 1799, after the Revolutionary War, John Adams, second U. S. President, authorized the construction of a battery of cannon which would protect the harbors of Newport and Narragansett Bay. It was not until 1824 that construction began on the fort which became the largest coastal defense fort in the country. The fort was built with Maine granite, brick, and shale and took 23 years to be completed. It was designed to mount 468 guns around a perimeter of more than 1700 yards and it was laid out in such a manner to optimize defenses against both sea and land attacks. During times of peace the fort housed 200 men and during times of war that number swelled to 2400 occupants. Fort Adams was an active post during the Civil War, the Indian Wars, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, WWI and WWII. In 1965, the ownership of Fort Adams was transferred from the U.S. Navy to the state of Rhode Island.
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Nautical
chart art print of Historic Fort Adams in Newport RI.
Free
shipping (USA only)
Art Print
Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo rag paper of equivalent.
Mounted in a beveled double 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. 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 Nautical Chart Painting
Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart.
Mounted in a 22”x28” mat.
Image opening size is approx. 13” x 18”
Sorry, I do not offer framing. But it will fit into a standard 22”x28” frame.
$249 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