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Ships

Portraits painted of ships were used from the earliest days, right up to the 1960's, to advertise P&O's fleet. Several examples are included in this selection together with works commissioned to commemorate particular and notable events.

HINDOSTAN leaving Southampton with the first Indian Mails
IBERIA heading towards land
JUPITER at sea
KAISAR-I-HIND at sea
LIVERPOOL towing the Dutch vessel BANKA
M.V. CARPENTARIA
MACEDONIA at Bombay
MADRID at sea
MALTA leaving Marseilles

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