A fine, luminous portrait of the lighthouse at Point Judith, Rhode Island. Point Judith is on the west side of the entrance to Narragansett Bay, as well as the north side of the eastern entrance to Block Island Sound, making it a busy waterway. The waters around the point are very cold and dangerous; historically, even with active lighthouses, there have been many shipwrecks in the area.

The light depicted here is the third lighthouse built on the site, built in 1856. Today, the lighthouse looks similar, but in more recent years the upper half of the tower was repainted brown and the lower half bright white to make it a more visible landmark to ships passing in daylight.