The Booth Line's R.M.S. Augustine under sail and steam

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Walter Thomas (1894-1971)
The Booth Line's R.M.S. Augustine under sail and steam
signed 'Walter/Thomas.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white
14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 45.5 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Built by Barclay, Curle & Co., Ltd, Glasgow and completed in 1879 for Donald Currie's Castle Mail Packet Co. Southampton to Capetown service, she was originally named Grantully Castle. Purchased by Booth Steamship Co., Ltd., in 1896, she was renamed Augustine.

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