Thesiger Collection

View of people resting in a covered suq (market) in Al Hofuf in the region of Al Hasa. In the near distance a few people sit in a light well...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across sand dunes between oases in Liwa oasis. Scattered clumps of qassis (sedge) grow in a vast expanse of low rolling sand dunes....

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camel near Al 'Abis village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Standing full length portrait of a woman and child of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. The woman is spinning fibres using a drop spindle.Due to...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on a camel during the party's journey from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al...

Group portrait of two young Bedouin boys and a young man near the town of Ash Shihr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Close up portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin near Al Hubi village. The man faces forward with his head tilted down. He has a goatee beard and wears...

Portrait of two teenaged boys of the Qara tribe sitting on the ground in the Wadi Darbat. In the background camels graze on bushes.Due to the nature of these images,...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a man of the Rashid Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of trees growing in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions unloading their camels at a Wahiba Bedouin camp in the Wadi Halfayn. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

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

Portrait of a boy at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of desert landscape in the region of Umm az Zumul well, taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey to Wadi al 'Ayn. In the right foreground a small...

Standing full length portrait of a boy of the Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground a boy stands above the opening of a well,...

View of a village in Qahtan tribal territory near Dhahran. In the foreground a few trees and bushes grow amongst a spread of fields. In the distance a village sits...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at Ghayl bin Yumayn. Five men stand together in front of a campground. Wilfred Thesiger stands in the middle. At the far left, the man wearing trousers...

Portrait of a man and two boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Group portrait of Bedouin boys and young men standing together at Bir Ali' well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...