Thesiger Collection

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking with their camels in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground large clumps of vegetation grow in the...

Portrait of a Roma girl sitting in front of a stone wall in the village of Al Makhwah. The girl comes from the Al Hud group in Yemen and works...

View of a man standing from one of the Qara tribes standing at the mouth of a large cave in the Jabal Qara Mountains. In the distance beyond a steep,...

Seated portrait of Muhammad, a sheikh of the Rashid Bedouin, at his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil. Muhammad, an elderly man with a long...

View of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground three Wahiba Bedouin men and a woman haul water from a well. Behind them a few...

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party grazing on the ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a desiccated tree pokes out of the sand. In the distance men in Wilfred...

Mahra Bedouin watering their camels 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...

View of terraced fields stretching along a steep mountainside in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground a large dune, rippled by waves of secondary dunes, rises in rolling...

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party standing with his camel during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a desert plain covered in salt-bushes in the Al Batin sands south of Liwa oasis. The vast flat plain is fringed by sand dunes, with the highest dunes...

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp beside a clump of bushes during their journey from the lower Wadi Shihan to Shisr well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Three-quarter length group portrait of locals in a market in Dubai. A group of men and boys stand in front of closed merchant stalls at a market. At the centre...

View of a woman from the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin leading a camel at Manwakh well. The camel is loaded with a camel litter that is made from...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding camels across a sabkha, salt flat, in the Ramlat as Sahmah. In the far background a large qaid dune is visible.Due to the nature...

The harbour at Al Mukalla. Dhows on the water. The town can be seen in the background. Mountains rising behind.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. Wilfred Thesiger sits facing forward. He has a thick beard and wears a khanjar (dagger)...

View of the Al 'Ayn water spring in Mughshin Oasis. Large date palms line both sides of the spring.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of the crest of a high sand dune in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the...