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Augustus Edwin John (1878 - 1961):
The Emir Feisal

A449; oil on canvas; 72 x 53 cm.

Signed and dated on back: Feisal, 16.4.19 by A.E.J..

Prov: T.E. Lawrence.

Presented by Mr and Mrs Eric Kennington in accordance with the wishes of Col T.E. Lawrence, 1936; WA1936.30.

Wilson 1988-9, no. 98.

Emir Feisal (1883-1933) was a younger son of Hussein, Sherif and Emir of Mecca (c. 1854-1931), who represented his father at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. He was one of the delegates who sat to John on that occasion. He later became King of Syria (1920) and the first King of Iraq (1921-1933).

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Information derived from the Ashmolean Museum's Complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.