WILLIAM FAWCETT off the English Coast Size:medium PESHAWUR (1905) was the first

PESHAWUR (1905) was the first P&O ship to sail on the former Blue Anchor Line service to Australia via the Cape

Most notably a series of Boardroom friezes and ceiling panels for the company's original booking hall in Cockspur Street

The painting shows the elaborate cast-iron verandah of the P&O Headquarters building which gave rise to its nickname 'tit hong' meaning 'iron house'

China one year after she left the UK on her maiden voyage

The 637-ton iron passenger liner FORMOSA was employed on P&O’s Calcutta/Far East route and later on coastal services from Hong Kong

WILLIAM FAWCETT off the English Coast Size:medium PESHAWUR (1905) was the firstThis contemporary portrait of WILLIAM FAWCETT captures the very beginnings of P&O on the Peninsular route.