Thesiger Collection

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. A boom sits in calm water rippled by gentle...

View of a group of men with camels gathered at the edge of the town of Dhahran. In the background square tower houses built of rammed earth fill the town....

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

Close-up portrait of a boy of the Sahul Bedouin beside a well at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the background men haul water from the well while...

Portrait of a young man of the Harasis Bedouin in the Jiddat al Harasis at Boi well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a middle-aged man of the Qara tribe kneeling on the ground in the Wadi Darbat. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the right foreground a woman and two men gather water from a rock-lined well. Two men stand on...

View of an Awazim or Ajman Bedouin family at their tent in the region between Kuwait City and Al Qatif on the Persian Coast. Due to the nature of these...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger wearing Arab dress in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger sits in a patio chair on the rooftop terrace of a house in Dubai, facing towards the far...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a Bedouin family at Tawi Harian well in the Sharqiyah Sands. In the foreground a baby camel walks past a large tree, under which two people are standing....

View of people collecting water from a well in Ad Darb. A young man wearing a palm head-dress and long sword over his wraparound skirt stands in the foreground. Behind...

Half length portrait of a man and two boys in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. The boy on the far left wears two silver prayer box amulets (hirz)....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani...

Portrait of a man with whom Wilfred Thesiger sailed aboard a sailboat (dhow) in the Abu Dhabi Islands. On the right a man balances on the ship's rail, holding on...

Close up profile portrait, taken in the sands near Al Ain, of a thoroughbred female batina camel Wilfred Thesiger owned in 1950. The camel faces towards the left (only its...

Half length standing portrait of an Iranian porter on a boat in Dubai Creek. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands facing towards the left, his head...

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 an Arab boy in the Wadi Amq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Portrait of Hamad bin Saadna (known by Wilfred Thesiger as Hamad bin Hanna), a tribesman of the Bayt Hanna lineage of Rashid Bedouin in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. He kneels...