About this sheet
Antique print titled 'The New Steam-Ship Orient, of the Orient Steam Navigation Company's Line, For Australia'. The Orient was designed to use steam all the way to Australia in about forty days and then return via the Suez Canal.
Artists and Engravers: Published in The Illustrated London News.
Condition: Good, general age-related toning. English text on verso, please study image carefully.
Date: 1879
Overall size: 40.4 x 27.1 cm.
Image size: 33.7 x 18.7 cm
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