SHEPHEARD'S HOTEL / CAIRO. Circa 1900. 45x30 1/2 inches. Art. Institute Orell Fussli, Zurich. Condition B: replaced paper loss and repaired tears through margins. Japan. Photomontage images, in both black and white and color, of the luxurious public rooms at the hotel and the famous sights of Cairo, with green palm trees and cacti; lettering in red and purple. An extraordinary document of an extraordinary hotel. One of Cairo's most elegant and famous hotels, the famous Shepheard burned to the ground in 1952. Perhaps because the hotel had a Swiss manager the poster was printed in Switzerland.
