Thesiger Collection

View of Lawi and his first wife standing in the garden outside their house.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of mountains in the Simien range, with (the mountain) Ras Dashan (4,620 metres) at the right of the image, and three boys, farmers, in the foreground.Due to the nature...

Group portrait of men and boys, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of two men, standing in shadows, one of whom is holding open a large book or bound manuscript volume, possibly a religious text.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of the northern escarpment of the Simien range of mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a Samburu boy wearing a black cloak, womens' earrings and ostrich feathers in his headband after his circumcision. He holds a bow and blunted arrows with which he...

Portrait of a woman, standing, wearing beaded and metal jewellery around her neck and on her arms.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man (named Mangasha), a Fitaurari (or commander of the spearhead), and his wife.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a Samburu woman holding a young child on her back. She is heavily adorned with several beaded necklaces with a couple of keys hanging from them.Due to the...

Group portrait of people, pilgrims, standing and sitting.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of the (seventeenth-century) castle of Fasilidas at Gondar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of a castellated fortress at Gondar, taken from the (seventeenth-century) castle of Fasilidas.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy, a shepherd, wearing a distinctive hat and an animal skin over his shoulders.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a Samburu moran (warrior), standing, being decorated with red ochre paint by another man.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of two Samburu moran (warriors), sitting on the ground, braiding the hair of another man.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a Samburu moran (warrior), sitting on the ground, being decorated with red ochre paint by another man.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a woman, standing, wearing beaded jewellery around her neck, carrying a water vessel on her back.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a woman, standing, wearing beaded jewellery around her neck, carrying a large water vessel on her back.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of five men, several of whom carry sticks, walking across flat terrain near Lake Tana.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with laden mules along a path in the Simien range of mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...