Designer Unknown, Cook's Arrangements for the Nile and Palestine. 1900.
Designer Unknown
Cook's Arrangements for the Nile and Palestine. 1900.
Condition B+: expertly-repaired tears at edges, some into upper image; small replaced losses at edges; vertical and horizontal folds.
This illustration, in different colors and variations on the text, was used for programs issued by Thos. Cook & Son. Thomas Cook founded his travel company in Leicester to carry temperance supporters by railway, running his first excursion from there to Loughborough in 1841. After organizing tours throughout the United Kingdom, Cook planned his first excursion abroad in 1855, "a grand circular tour of the Continent." By the 1860s, his tours to Egypt and the Holy Lands were particularly popular with the British public and he quickly developed multiple connections in the area that enabled him to offer ‘authentic' Middle Eastern experiences to his customers, such as Nile tours, camel rides and tours of ancient monuments. Rare.
39½x24½ inches, 100¼x62¼ cm.
Designer Unknown
Cook's Arrangements for the Nile and Palestine. 1900.
Condition B+: expertly-repaired tears at edges, some into upper image; small replaced losses at edges; vertical and horizontal folds.
This illustration, in different colors and variations on the text, was used for programs issued by Thos. Cook & Son. Thomas Cook founded his travel company in Leicester to carry temperance supporters by railway, running his first excursion from there to Loughborough in 1841. After organizing tours throughout the United Kingdom, Cook planned his first excursion abroad in 1855, "a grand circular tour of the Continent." By the 1860s, his tours to Egypt and the Holy Lands were particularly popular with the British public and he quickly developed multiple connections in the area that enabled him to offer ‘authentic' Middle Eastern experiences to his customers, such as Nile tours, camel rides and tours of ancient monuments. Rare.
39½x24½ inches, 100¼x62¼ cm.
