Thesiger Collection

View of desert landscape in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of the walled village of Marat in the Al Washm region. High defensive towers sit at intervals along the city walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp near Al Hubi village. In the foreground three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stand beside their couched camels. In the distance beyond...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in sand dunes in Al Khatam sands. In the foreground a few tufts of vegetation grow on rolling sands. Further beyond...

View of moored boats in the bay at Al Mukalla. The town of Al Mukalla can be seen in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Full length portrait of a Duru woman and boy at a well north of Al Ain. A women and child stand in the sand beside a wooden post hung with...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions drinking coffee with Hamad bin Saadna in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands east of Liwa. Five men kneel in a semicircle around a...

Steppe country with vegetation covering the ground near Bir Thamud well. This vegetation is the result of recent rain.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a man taken at a village in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of palm trees growing around the walled city of Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Two of Wilfred Thesiger's party cooking.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...

View of a member 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...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the left distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands...

View of Shibam.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 Pitt Rivers Museum.

Portrait of an older boy or a young man of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of scattered vegetation growing after winter rains in the Ghanim Sands. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's party is camping among the dunes during the party's journey from Khasfah well...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting and standing on a cairn near Shisr well. Salim bin Tamtaim, a sheikh of the Bayt Ghuwas lineage of Bayt Kathir...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending the steep slope of a high dune face in the Bani Ma'arid sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Al Dhafra sands, north-west of Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a tall scraggly bush grows on a...