Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of Saudi Arabia

Colour full length printed portrait by Sphinx for the Whitehall Gazette of Emir Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, later King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975, signed and dated in Arabic by the then Emir, some browning to ink, mounted, framed and glazed, overall size 46.5 x 38cm; together with a colour print by Sphinx of George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon, signed by the British politician, mounted framed and glazed, overall size 46.5 x 38cm (2)

PROVENANCE: an autograph letter by Claredon and another one sent from the Royal Legation of Hejaz and Nejd in London, both affixed on the verso of the prints, reveal that the signatures were requested by Monsieur C. R. Paravicini, Swiss Minister at the Court of St James's from 1920 to 1940.