Blue Riband Collection

LUSITANIA, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
LUSITANIA, between c1910 and c1915

Maiden Voyage of the SS Normandie from Le Havre, 29 May, 1935 (colour lithograph)
488568 Maiden Voyage of the SS Normandie from Le Havre, 29 May, 1935 (colour lithograph) by Sebille, Albert (1874-1953); Private Collection; (add.info)

RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City, 1907 (b/w photo)
1123835 RMS Lusitania arriving in New York City, 1907 (b/w photo) by Bain, George Grantham - Bain News Service (1865-1944); Private Collection; (add.info)

Cunard White Star Line liner RMS Queen Mary (colour litho)
980345 Cunard White Star Line liner RMS Queen Mary (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, pub. C. 1897 (color lithograph)
2836253 Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, pub. C. 1897 (color lithograph) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; American, out of copyright

Henry IV of France, from Honor Military, and Civill, William Segar, pub
3051723 Henry IV of France, from Honor Military, and Civill, William Segar, pub. Robert Barker, London, 1602 (hand coloured engraving) by Rogers

Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, pub. c1897. Creator: American School (19th Century)
Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, pub. C. 1897 (color lithograph)

The Gallery at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, pub. 1838. Creator: Joseph Nash (1809-78)
The Gallery at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, from Architecture of the Middle Ages, published 1838 (colour lithograph)

The Mighty Atlantic Record Breaker, the Queen Mary, 1937
The Mighty Atlantic Record Breaker. Within a little more than three months of maiden voyage in May 1936, the Queen Mary had broken six Atlantic speed records, and had won the Blue Riband, 1937

Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, pub. C. 1897 (color lithograph)

RMS Lucania, c1905. The Lucania was a liner operated by the Cunard Line between 1893 and 1909. She held the Blue Riband from 1893 until 1898

SS Mauretania
circa 1925: Cunards first sailing ship Mauretania (the second Mauretania had her maiden voyage in 1939) which held the Blue Riband for 22 years and was painted white in the early thirties

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Step aboard the grandeur of maritime history with these iconic vessels of the past. Witness the RMS Lusitania's arrival in New York City in 1907, the Cunard White Star Line's RMS Queen Mary in color, the sinking of the Steamship Oregon of the Cunard Line in an 1886 lithograph, and the Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse from 1897. Travel back further in time with Henry IV of France from Honor Military and Civil, or explore the Gallery at Hatfield House from 1838. Fast forward to the record-breaking Mighty Atlantic vessel, the Queen Mary, from 1937. Lastly, feast your eyes on the Smoking Salon on Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the RMS Lucania from around the same era, as well as the majestic SS Mauretania.