This beautiful ship is the "Alexandr Pushkin", built by the Mathias-Thesen Werft at Wismar, Germany in 1965.  At 22,080 grt, she was operated by the Baltic Shipping Co., Leningrad until 1991, when she was brought to London to be operated by Orient Lines and renamed "Marco Polo", under which name she is still cruising.

The seascape oil painting was commissioned by Jeremy Chapple of Bristol.  It is painted on hardboard, and measures 24 x 18 inches.