SS Persic
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SS Persic was an ocean liner of the White Star Line, built by Harland and Wolff in 1899. She was one of the five Jubilee-class ships built specifically to service the Liverpool–Cape Town–Sydney route.
Persic in an old postcard
Persic in wartime service in 1916
SS Persic at sea
George Washington Lambert
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George Washington Thomas Lambert was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and for being a war artist during the First World War.
SS Persic
…day before, it was found to be more serious, and the Maudra was abandoned. Part of the September–November journey, Australian artists Hugh Ramsay and George Washington Lambert travelled on the Persic from Sydney to London. Lambert became successful in London; Ramsay preferred Paris but had to return to Australia when his…
George Washington Lambert, c.1925, by Harold Cazneaux
George Washington Lambert - Self-portrait
Anzac, the Landing 1915 by George Lambert (1920–1922).
The artist's wife, Amy, and their son Constant