Thesiger Collection

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a rolled up fishing net lies on the sand. Further beyond a...

View of a settlement near the village of Sawda. In the foreground a rock wall runs alongside a gravelly road leading through fields to a cluster of buildings in the...

View of dunes in the Al Dhafra sands between Dhibi well and Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a small flat area with...

Seated half length portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An older man with a thick grey goatee sits facing forward in...

Standing half length portrait of a boy of the Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the far background a few camels rest in the sand...

View of two Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at Yisub well, in the mountains near the southern coast.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of the Sheikh Saad tombs at Mudayy. Two small tombs with domed roofs sit in the distance on a flat gravel wadi. Behind the tombs a rocky hill rises...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Parallel chains...

Landscape in Humum country east of Al Mukalla in the region of Wadi Madi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a mountain dwelling belonging to people from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara Mountains. In the near distance a man stands at the mouth of...

View of vegetation and bushes growing in the Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

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

Portrait of three young boys, named Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek and Merzik, of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on stony ground at Habarut wells. They are the sons of Nura, a...

View of a plain bordered by sheer-sided dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a line of footsteps leads off to the...

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. Members of...

Portrait of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. Two men and two boys stand in front of the well, which is covered with a wooden...

View of a group of Qara tribesmen resting in the downs below Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. A group of men rest together near a stand of trees...

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer...

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. Three members...

Portrait of two Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Two men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. Behind them a herd of...