St Marks Lighthouse
by Alan Lakin
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$450
Dimensions
20.000 x 16.000 x 0.750 inches
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Title
St Marks Lighthouse
Artist
Alan Lakin
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
In 1828, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an act which authorized the construction of a lighthouse at St. Marks. A contract was signed with Winslow Lewis of Boston for a tower in the St. Marks area for $11,765. In March 1830, the local customs inspector refused to accept the completed tower for the U.S. Government citing that the contract had called for solid walls not the hollow wall that Lewis had constructed. It was rebuilt and accepted in 1831. Erosion forced the tower to be rebuilt again with double walls in its present location in 1842. The first lighthouse keeper was Samuel Crosby (1830�1839), followed by Benjamin Metcalf (1839�1841) and then Capt. J. P Hungerford (1841�1844), whose family survived the terrible hurricane of 1843 by escaping to the attic but fifteen others in the dwelling drowned.
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July 14th, 2013
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Comments (19)
Joy McAdams
Congrats on your strong placing in the Beach-y Theme contest, Alan. This painting captures the feeling of the coast so very well. L/F
Brooks Garten Hauschild
Congratulations on your 3rd place win in 'Beach-y Theme ~ 3 Pieces of Art or Photography', Alan! Wonderful work, perfect for the room. My pleasure to host the contest. L/v.
Jurgen Lorenzen
Congrats on your top three finish in the contest, Alan! I visited and photographed St. Marks a few times, beautiful rendition of this special lighthouse!
John Malone
Congratulations on this marvellous painting being FEATURED in “PAINTING THE OLD WAY” , L….group administrator, John Malone (You may also want to participate in our discussion thread, I would appreciate that)
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Barbara Moak
Beautiful oil. The value of the colors are wonderful and the clouds and grasses make a fantastic setting for the light house. l/f/v
Jimmie Bartlett
Awesome oil painting! The capture of the lighthouse and wetlands is outstanding! L, F
HH Photography
Another lovely painting of our beautiful Florida landscape. Love the marsh grasses and unsettled sky. Congratulations for your feature in Florida-The Beautiful Sunshine State. v6/fv
Sharon Burger
that stormy sky and yellow reflected sea are just so beautiful Alan, I love how they are the center of attraction leading the eye to that wonderful little lighthouse..v/f