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1850s Gallery

View of the West part of Victoria, Hong Kong and the P&O Headquarters, c.1851 Panoramic view of Hong Kong and the harbour, oil on canvas COLOMBO arriving off Sebastopol, 24th December 1854 by William Whitelock Lloyd Lieutenant Thomas Fletcher Waghorn  R.N., painted in oils by Sir George Hayter 'The Frontispiece' - From the Route of The Overland Mail to India, Henry Fitzcook 'Southampton Docks' - watercolour from the Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Malta' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Boulac' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Cairo' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'The Central Station' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Encampment by Night' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Joseph's Well' was a popular stopping off place for caravans and camels near Suez. 'Suez' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Madras' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India 'Calcutta' - watercolour from The Route of the Overland Mail to India Deck of the P&O steamer MADRAS, watercolour by William Carpenter, c.1857 A nine-light candelabrum, part of the Anderson service presented to Arthur Anderson by P&O in 1855