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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.

MALWA anchored at Kronstadt
MEDINA departing for a Royal Tour of India
MOLDAVIA and MODASA off Marseilles
NORLAND in San Carlos Water, 24th May, 1982
NYANZA (1864) in a squall
OCEANA at sea
OPHIR at anchor in a Norwegian Fjord
ORISSA under sail and steam
ORONTES at Port Said

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