Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of a curly haired boy of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin, taken in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy is the son of...

View overlooking a valley at the Sarif wells. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Seated portrait of a young man and a middle-aged man in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Due to the nature of these...

A man on a donkey in the Wadi Qa'ah. Behind him trees and mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a man of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at the Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Muhammad al Auf sitting side by side on a gravel plain in the region between Yisub well and Wadi Darbat. Muhammad al Auf, a tribesman...

Portrait of Salim bin Turkia, a tribesman of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on the ground during the party's journey from Shisr...

Portrait of a Bedouin boy in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of trees growing amongst sand dunes in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a ghada [Haloxylon persicum] bush growing in Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the distance Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party heads into the far distance....

A man and a woman of the Humum Bedouin with a herd of goats and a camel. Some goats are drinking from a little pool in the ground.Due to the...

View of huts in Ash Shuqaiq village. In the foreground three boys stand together in front of a group of three circular huts with high pointed roofs.Due to the nature...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing with their camels during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Half length portrait of three Arab boys standing close together in the Wadi Yiba.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of two men, members of the Rashid Bedouin tribe, drawing water at Bir Thamud well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party getting water from the well at Shisr. The men stand in a line in the underground passage, conveying pans of water...

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...

Profile portrait of a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches in...

View of an Utaybah Bedouin family watering their sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the background a herd of camels stands on the dry flat plain. Due to the nature...

Group portrait of two of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers sitting on the Corniche waterfront in Abu Dhabi. Both men are kneeling and holding rifles. The men wear...