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Copyright/attribution: © P&O Heritage Collection
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ORSOVA at Aden
AC/02181/00
Object category: PAINTING
Date made: c.1954
Maker: PEARS, Charles
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Material/medium: Oil on canvas with pencil details
Dimensions:
- Outside Frame: 72.5 cm x 102.8 cm x 4.8 cm; Sight: 59.4 cm x 90.2 cm
The 29,000 ton ORSOVA was built at Barrow-in-Furness, for the Orient Line in 1954. She ran regularly to Australia and South Africa and undertook short cruises from Southampton or Sydney.