Merchants by the steamship Bentinck of P&O (Peninsular and Orietal Steam Navigation Company)

Details

Eppo Doeve (1907-1981)
Merchants by the steamship Bentinck of P&O (Peninsular and Orietal Steam Navigation Company)
signed 'Doeve' (lower right)
oil on board
50 x 60 cm.
Painted circa 1951.

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Lot Essay

The steam ship Bentinck, named after Lord William Bentinck a Governor General of India, was one of the first ships to cover the Eastern mail route for P&O in 1843. This route ran from Suez to Calcutta through Point de Galle in Ceylon.

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