Nov 23, 2021 - Sale 2589

Sale 2589 - Lot 13

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

DESIGNER UNKNOWN

STEAMERS ON THE NILE / THEWFIKIEH NAVIGATION COMPANY. Circa 1899.


39x24 1/4 inches, 99x61 1/2 cm. Stafford & Co., Netherfield.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration at edges and along vertical and horizontal folds; small replaced loss at top edge; pin holes in corners; minor staining at edges; gold ink overprint in right image. Matted and framed.

A colorful and informative poster advertisement for 16 and 21-day trips on the Nile, in a "luxuriously-appointed Saloon steamer." Touted as having the "best table and the lowest rates," the Thewfikieh company was primarily aimed at the British market taking wealthy travelers up the Nile past areas of significant historical antiquity. A consequential leg for any young aristocrat looking to take part in the "Grand Tour." Rare.