Designer: | Greig, James (1870-1941) |
Country: | UK |
Decade: | 1930 |
Year: | 1933 |
Dimensions: | 101 x 64 cm | 39.76 x 25.2 inches |
Condition: | Mint | | A |
Linen backed | |
Publisher: | the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) |
Printed by: | The Lamson Agency Ltd., London |
Category: |
Ocean Liner |
This original authentic vintage poster promotes a winter cruise on the RMS Viceroy of India, a British Royal Mail Ship of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). The poster features the ship and the destinations the cruise will be visiting such as the West Indies, Rio de Janeiro, Sierra Leone, Teneriffe, and Gibraltar. The cruise is 45 days and fares start from 90 guineas.
RMS Viceroy of India was an ocean liner of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). She was a British Royal Mail Ship on the Tilbury–Bombay route and was named after the Viceroy of India. In World War II she was converted to and used as a troopship. She was sunk in the Mediterranean in November 1942 by German submarine.
Text: "A Winter Cruise by P & O, Viceroy of India 20,000 Tons, Book here – No Fee
December 29.1933, West Indies - Rio de Janeiro - Sierra Leone - Teneriffe - Gibraltar. etc
45 days Fares from 90 guineas"
A colorful poster in excellent condition. Mounted on linen.