Description: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Kittery, ME “From Sails to Atoms” Portsmouth Naval Yard art print from an original watercolor painting by the Artist William B. MacGregor Jr, who is known in the New England area as the Junkyard Artist. -------------------------------------------------------- The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard ( PNS ), often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard located in Kittery Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The shipyard was established in 1800 and is the US Navy’s oldest continuously operating shipyard. The first time submarines were built was during WW1 and continued to overhaul and repair surface ships. During WW2 with a workforce of over 25,000 workers PNS built 70 submarines and even four were launched on one day. The USS Sand Lance was the last submarine was built at PNS and is currently tasked with the overhaul, repair and modernization of US Navy submarines. --------------------------- Nautical chart art print of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Free shipping (USA only) Art Print Art print is printed on Fine art/photo paper. 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 Painting Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting SOLD 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
Price: 9.49 USD
Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island
End Time: 2024-04-26T03:55:26.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Item Specifics
Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: William B. MacGregor Jr.
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Signed By: William B. MacGregor Jr
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
Item Length: 10", 14" or 20" (Outside dimension of mat)
Region of Origin: Rhode Island, USA
Framing: matted ( not framed)
Personalize: No
Listed By: William B. MacGregor Jr
Year of Production: 2023
Unit Type: Unit
Item Height: 8", 11" or 16" (Outside dimension of mat)
Style: Americana
Features: Mat is signed by the artist, Matted, Signed
Unit Quantity: one
Handmade: Yes
Item Width: Approx 1/8" to fit into a standard frame
Time Period Produced: 2020-Now
Image Orientation: Landscape
Signed: Yes
Color: top mat is white bottom mat is green or blue
Title: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Material: Watercolors, Acrylics Pen/Ink
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Original/Licensed Reprint: Reproduction
Subject: Military, Navy
Print Surface: Fine Art Photo paper
California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
Type: Print
Theme: Art, Maritime, Militaria
Production Technique: ink jet printer
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Available Variations
Color: 8 x 10 double mat
Price: 25 USD
Available Quantity: 10
Quantity Sold: 5
Color: 11x14 double mat
Price: 35 USD
Available Quantity: 7
Quantity Sold: 2
Color: 16x20 double mat
Price: 49 USD
Available Quantity: 5
Quantity Sold: 3
Color: Refrig Magnet
Price: 9.49 USD
Available Quantity: 6
Quantity Sold: 0
