S/S ROTTERDAM Artistic Rendering Ship Poster, popular Holland-America Line, The Grande Dame, Ocean Liner

Although these prints are captured in a digital format, the creation process is a painstaking effort typically requiring several months of research. There are no shortcuts or copy-pasting. Everything you see has been constructed from scratch in a digital environment using original plans obtained from the ship builder or design agent.

All prints are plotted on durable matte finish polypropylene film which will not distort or yellow with age.

All prints are unframed and are shipped rolled in tubes.

This print captures the S/S ROTTERDAM, the last of the transatlantic liners built by the Holland-America Line. In the years following WWII, Holland-America took a conservative stance when it came popular to fleet expansion. With jet airliners looming on the horizon, the ROTTERDAM was planned all along to be dual-purpose ship; Atlantic crossings from April - October and luxury cruises in the off-season.

As is often the case with successful design, the ROTTERDAM evoked strong emotional responses from liner enthusiasts. She was the first Atlantic liner to do away completely with a conventional funnel, opting instead for two sloping uptakes set aft. Holland-America's familiar green-yellow-white stack colors were nowhere to be found. But whatever hurt feelings these features created were quickly forgotten with a glimpse of her interior. Inside, she was adorned with exotic imported woods, sweeping stairwells, and two-deck restaurants that gave her the reputation as the 'Grand Dame' of the high seas.

After more than four decades of service and 23 round-the-world cruises she was ultimately retired and converted to a floating museum and hotel, currently residing in her namesake city. Visitors in Rotterdam can she her adorned in her original color scheme and restored interiors.