The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia Size:L: 75 x 50cm 1624 (1908-1909)

1624 (1908-1909)

The plate is inscribed: 'The yellow winged Pie

HMS 'Courageous' was a battlecruiser that was converted into an aircraft carrier in 1924

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

Duke of Burgundy (1751-1761) aged about three

The Seyid, Mustapha el Idrisi, southern Arabia Size:L: 75 x 50cm 1624 (1908-1909)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).