Alcatraz Island - Palette Knife Canvas Print

Taken from a photograph and altered to provide a palette knife look.
Alcatraz Island, commonly referred to as simply Alcatraz or non-locally and theatrically, as The Rock, is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. It served as a lighthouse, then a military fortification, then a military prison, and finally as a federal prison until 1963. It became a national recreation area in 1972 and received landmarking designations in 1976 and 1986.

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