Port-broadside view of the Himalaya shortly after her launch. A dinghy makes an appearance in the right foreground, whilst an island sits in the left background.

Inscribed below image, centre: ‘The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company’s screw steam ship “Himalaya”. (Adam Kellock, Commander.) The largest steam ship in the world. 3550 Tons – 750 Horse Power – 46½ ft Breadth – 35½ ft Depth – Length 374 ft. This Print is respectfully dedicated to the Directors of the P & O S N Compy by the Publisher’.

Inscribed bottom-left corner: ‘The Himalaya was built by C J Mare Esq of Blackwall and the Engines made by Messrs Penn & Sons Greenwich’.

Inscribed bottom-right corner: ‘The Himalaya is fitted with A Lamb Esqre Patent Boilers and the bottom coated with Peacock & Buchans’ Composition’.

Himalaya is shown shortly after her launch. She was sold by P&O in 1854 and became a troopship after the outbreak of the Crimean War.