Grand winter excursion to the Mediterranean, the Orient, and the Holy Land : including the Azores, Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Sicily, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Malta, Tunis, and Algeria by the well-known fast twin-screw express steamship "La Touraine," 10,000 tons, 14,000 horse-power, length 540 feet, commander Santelli : sailing from New York, February 4th, 1896, and returning about April 5th, 1896, duration of round trip, two months
A prospectus issued in 1895 by John H. Gould with the Compagnie générale transatlantique, advertising a two-month 1896 cruise from New York to the Mediterranean, Egypt, and the Holy Land aboard the liner La Touraine, aimed at prospective American passengers. The plates mix halftone shipboard scenes s and saloon interiors with stark silhouette vignettes of couples at the rail, giving designers period travel costume, deck railings and perspective lines, and high-contrast figure cutouts.
