The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia Size:L: 75 x 50cm c1360 (1955)

c1360 (1955)

The plate is inscribed: 'The yellow winged Pie

Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov (1904-1918) was the son of Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918)

The boy in the pedal car is Gordon Crosby's son

Cowper (1731-1800) was one of the most widely read English poets of his day

The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia Size:L: 75 x 50cm c1360 (1955)The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia, 1922. A descendant of Fatima, Mahomet's daughter, who married the martyred Ali. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire, edited by JA Hammerton and published by the Educational Book Company (London, 1922).