Posted by Owen Roberts on January 09, 2009 at 00:14:35 user OwenRoberts.
In Reply to: Esperance posted by John Lambert on January 08, 2009 at 22:53:50:
Not so sure about the Esperance. When AR annoted a picture for Clifford Webb (who did the early illustrations for SA & SD) he used Gondola, the Coniston steam boat, as the guide.
The interior of Gondola has some resemblance to the "Fram". Maybe AR cut and pasted parts of the two boats to achieve the "Fram".