The Hulk of H.M.S. Queen and VALETTA Canberra in Art VICTORIA was designed for the

VICTORIA was designed for the Australian Service and occasionally used on the Indian and Far East routes

Dixon's painting was used for several postcards advertising P&O ships of the same or similar class

ORSOVA (1909) is seen here on her sea trials in the Clyde Estuary

Thackeray described the entrance to the harbour at Valetta as 'one of the most stately and agreeable scenes ever admired by the sea-sick traveller'

Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd

The Hulk of H.M.S. Queen and VALETTA Canberra in Art VICTORIA was designed for theFrank 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.