West Chop Lighthouse

Beautiful Giclee Watercolors by Sailor/Artist Al LaBanca

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7 x 9 matted front/back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$21.00*

11 x 14 matted front/back . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $35.00*

Custom sizes UP to 18 x 24 - Shipped in tube . . . . . . . . . . . $120.00**

22 x 28 Beautiful Print - Shipped in Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$175.00**

Note Cards: 8 cards/envs. Three (3) Boxes Minimum . . . . $12.00 p/box*

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Prints signed on request

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10x14, $1000. 12x16, $1500. 15x20, $2000. 18x24, $2500

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These Collector Note Cards of your favorite lighthouse are so vibrant and bright that you will frame them or only send to special friends.

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Eight (4.25x 5.5) cards and envelopes in a clear cover gift box.

Beautiful Giclee Prints

Sample Print Shown with Matting front and back and facts about the light. Acid free paper and superb reproduction. Limited printing. And signed on request.

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The original lighthouse was built on this site in 1817 and was replaced by this beautiful lighthouse station with a fifty-two foot tower (84’ASL) that shows an oscillating light every four seconds and can be seen for eleven miles.

This lighthouse guards the west side of the entrance to Vineyard Haven and has very pleasant memories for my family. We often went by this light on our way into Vineyard Haven or on our way to Edgartown for some great sailboat racing. There is another light on the east side of the entrance called East Chop Light.

I painted this light on a request from a Ms. Seamond Roberts*, who was a lighthouse keeper’s daughter at this lighthouse from 1946-1957. She was full of great stories about growing up at the light; but what moved me most was how much she loved and missed the old place. Because she lives down south she was afraid she would never see the light again; but fate had other plans!

Seamond was able to get back to the Vineyard, and wrote that she was so happy that after she hugged all her friends and hugged all their dogs, she went out and hugged her beloved lighthouse and could not stop the tears that followed.