pferguson | March 11, 2017
The Transports that brought them Today while sauntering through countless images I happened upon this painting that I have always enjoyed for its subject matter and vibrant colours and interrupting angles. Arthur Lismer was an official Canadian war artist and I can only imagine what Lismer thought when encountering the abstract lines of the Olympic […]
Category: Pipers of War, Remember Them Well |
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Tags: Arthur Lismer, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Canadian Pacific Steamship Company, Cunard Line, Dazzle Paint, Halifax (Nova Scotia), HMS President, Home, Liphook, Liverpool, Painting, RMS Adriatic, RMS Baltic, RMS Empress of Britain, RMS Mauretania, SS Carmania, SS Cedric, SS Coronia, Transport Ships, War Artists, White Star Line
pferguson | April 15, 2012
RMS Britannic Another White Star Line Sinking This week has seen an extraordinary amount of film at home and in the theatre with the launch of James Cameron’s 3-D version of Titanic. Ceremonies have recognized the 100th anniversary of the loss of this titan on its maiden voyage, such as in Halifax, (the City of […]
Category: Odds & Ends |
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Tags: 15 April 1912, 21 November 1916, Britannic, Charles Alfred Bartlett, Charles Sydney Ellis Bartlett, Film History, HMS Goliath, Hospital Ships, Merchant Navy, Piraeus Naval and Consular Cemetery, Royal Army Medical Corps, Titanic, Tower Hill Memorial, Violet Jessop, White Star Line