3-070-682 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Departure of a Cunard steamer from Liverpool: the Saloon, 1881. Passengers relax on board an ocean-going ship: '...they can freely enjoy, in the handsome and spacious saloon, as much leisurely quiet, with opportunities for undisturbed family or social converse, as in the public room of a first-rate hotel on shore. We say nothing of the ample provision of meals and lesser refreshments, or of the prompt and agreeable manner in which they are served'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.