Designer: | Fred Simpson |
Country: | Catalogue 2020 |
Decade: | 1890 |
Dimensions: | 101.0 x 68.5 cm | 39.763779527400004 x 26.9685039369 inches |
Condition: | Excellent | | A - |
Publisher: | The Orient Steam Navigation Company |
Printed by: | Andrew Reid & Co. Ltd., Newcastle |
Category: |
Ocean Liner |
The Orient Steam Navigation Company started 1877 with chartered steamers to Australia. 1878 Orient Steam Navigation Co. formed by Anderson, Anderson & Co., in conjunction with Pacific Steam Nav.Co. In 1906 PSNCo. was acquired by Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. and the service became known as the Orient-Royal Mail Line
In 1895, The Orient Line was the first to launch pleasure cruises from England to Norway which they continued through 1904. Contemporary magazine ads for the service list the Lusitania and the Ophir as the ships which made the trips.
The poster has an unobtrusive horizontal fold.