ROSE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE art print Newport Harbor RI harbor seals

Rose Island Lighthouse with the winter harbor seals Newport, RI 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 . ——————————————————————————  Nautical Chart A rt 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. William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors t he 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, f our of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA