Farouk 1 (1920-1965) was the 10^th ruler of Egypt from the Muhammad AIi Dynasty and destined to be the penultimate King of Egypt and the Sudan from 1936 until 1952 when he was overthrown by a military coup.
As a ruler, Farouk was known for his extravagant playboy lifestyle. While initially popular, his reputation was eroded due to the corruption and incompetence of his government and ministers which only increased as the years went by.
Throughout his reign Farouk would often visit the last resting place of Tutankhamun and was often seen talking with some of the foreign tourists about the long dead boy king.
Our figure shows him during the late 1930s and into the 1940s on one such visit dressed in a western-style double-breasted suit of the finest Egyptian Cotton topped with a wine-coloured Fez and carrying an ancient Egyptian walking cane.