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A distant port quarter view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) moored in the San Marco Basin at Venice, Italy.
A distant port quarter view of the Orient Line cruise ship Orontes (1929) moored in the San Marco Basin at Venice, Italy. The photographer is on the Piazza San Marco looking east-south-east showing the corner of the Doge's Palace on the left and the the Lion of Venice sculpture on a granite column on the right. The Lion of Venice, also known as St. Mark's Lion, is an ancient bronze winged lion sculpture originally erected in the Piazza San Marco in the 12th century.
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Object Details
| ID: | P84673 |
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| Type: | Sheet film negative |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Marine Photo Service |
| Vessels: | Orontes (1929) |
| Date made: | 1930-1939 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 116 mm x 167 mm |