MARIO BORGONI (1869-1936) CAIRO/ SHEPHEARDS HOTEL & GHEZIREH PALACE. 56 5/8x40 7/8 inches. Richter & Cie., Naples. Condition B: expertly restored losses in bottom margin affecting image and text; repaired tears and overpainting in margins affecting image and text. Another of Borgoni's grand, Liberty-style hotel posters, again for two of Cairo's grandest and most elegant hostelries. Here the pyramids and Sphinx are presented from a different angle, and the camel-riding Egyptian in the foreground is colored to appear as part of the poster's border. Built in 1841 by Samuel Shepheard, the hotel was originally a stopping-over spot for British travellers to India. The hotel burned down in 1952.
