The Hulk of H.M.S. Queen and VALETTA

In: Ships; Part of our Paintings gallery

Date:
1893

Medium:
Watercolour heightened with white on paper

Description:
Frank Stewart Murray was commissioned to paint a number of works in the historicist narrative genre for the company. Most notably a series of Boardroom friezes and ceiling panels for the company’s original booking hall in Cockspur Street, London.

Featured Ship:
VALETTA (1884)

Shipping Line:
P&O STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY