People and Places

The people and the places that make up P&O's history have provided subjects for artists over many years. In this small selection you can see portraits of P&O's founding fathers and follow the voyage taken by the artist Andrew Nichol R.H.A. (1804-1886) on the Company's ships in 1846.

Shipping off Alexandria, Egypt
Shipping off the coast of Malta
Off the coast of Aden
Off the coast of Gibraltar
Coromandel Coast, Ceylon
Point de Galle, Ceylon

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