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P & O Pencillings

William Whitelock Lloyd

London: Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Co, c1891 (540.P&O.LLO/R/OS)

The book's front cover showing the name and a ship sailing at sea

A pictorial record by the artist William Whitelock Lloyd of his voyage from Southampton to India via the Suez Canal on board the P & O Liner SS Himalaya. It includes many colour plates and pencil sketches, giving a well-observed insight into life on board an early cruise liner.

An illustration of the shows that may take place on board a cruise liner resembling acts that may appear in a circus