Thesiger Collection

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...

Wilfred Thesiger's party taking a rest in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping beside ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees at Mughshin Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Group portrait of four Bedouin boys and a young man at Bir Ali' well. In the left background a donkey stands behind the boys, and a few earthenware jugs lie...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the centre distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions...

View of a woman walking along on a street in the city of Dubai. A woman in black walks along a narrow street in the shade of a fence made...

View of the town of 'Aynat, nestled at the foot of a large rocky mountain. In the foreground a large camel caravan unloads just outside the city.Due to the nature...

Portrait of a girl of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. She is wearing a silver belt around her waist and a number of necklaces and cuffs.Due to the nature...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding along a flat beneath Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's...

Close up profile portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon stands in...

Portrait of a young man of the Karab Bedouin at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a man [image indistinct].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in a wadi at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboas) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the central distance a kotia sits in choppy water, its sails tied...

Full length standing portrait of an older man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. He is wearing a sheepskin cloak with the fur turned...

Portrait of a boy standing in front of a sambuk, a small dhow (sailboat), beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai. A boy wearing a light coloured thobe (shirt), topped with...

View of cattle traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground traders stand with their cows in the midst of a large...