Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading three laden camels across the Muqta to Abu Dhabi island, with a round stone watch-tower in the distance.Due to the...

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, with a saluki hunting dog in the Hamra sands near Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View from Wadi Saifam of (the mountain) Jabal Kaur, with (the mountain) Jabal al Akhdar at the right of the image, and a man standing in the foreground.Due to the...

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, photographed at Buraymi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Full length profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The man stands facing...

Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Portrait of Zayed bin Sultan and Yasir bin Hamud, a sheikh of the Junuba.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his right arm.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, holding a rifle over his shoulder, with the camel (named Ghazala) which he rode during his second crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. Two members...

Standing full length portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, near Al Qabil at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)....

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A man...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Liwa oasis, with a round stone watch-tower in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan with a saker falcon.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...