"Madras" Type:unstretched canvas ORMUZ was a war reparation

ORMUZ was a war reparation (formerly ZEPPELIN) acquired by the Orient Line in 1921

Portraits and sketches of passengers on board

William Adolphus Knell was the most accomplished of a family of marine painters

Seven vignettes illustrating fishing and other activities off Aden

MALWA (1873) carried the body of explorer and missionary Dr David Livingstone from Aden to Southampton in March 1874

"Madras" Type:unstretched canvas ORMUZ was a war reparationTwo or three days after departing Ceylon, the first experience of India was Madras, with its distinctive turbulent shoreline and the Fort of St. George (on the left) and the warehouses and offices of the merchants.