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1840s Gallery

P&O's Hong Kong Headquarters which extended along the present Jubilee Road HINDOSTAN receiving Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on board on 16th July 1849 Silver vase presented to Captain Lewis of HINDOSTAN in 1847, commemorating her voyage from India Off the coast of Aden, painted in watercolours by Andrew Nicholl, c.1847 Off the coast of Gibraltar, painted in watercolours by Andrew Nicholl, c.1847 Shipping off the coast of Valetta, Malta, watercolour by Andrew Nicholl c.1847 Shipping off Alexandria, painted in watercolours by Andrew Nicholl, c.1847 Coromandel Coast, Ceylon, painted in watercolours by Andrew Nicholl, c.1847 'Point de Galle, Ceylon', painted in watercolour by Andrew Nicholl, c.1847 JUPITER at sea, painted in oils by Stephen D. Skillett in 1847 An early P&O, ironstone china dining plate of the 1840s A small, 'Caledonian' pattern, serving dish decorated with the P&O rising sun, 1846