Thesiger Collection

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...

Portrait of Rai al Raqiqa, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well....

Full length portrait of a young Bedouin boy near the town of Ash Shihr. The boy is wearing a leather belt decorated with shell beads. In the background two camels...

Close up profile 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...

View of Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. Many men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys. Behind them a flock of sheep...

View of dhows (sailboats) and an abra (ferry boat) on Dubai Creek. On the left three dhows are moored together. On the far right a man stands bent over in...

Portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the left foreground a man in a wraparound skirt and a young woman in long robes stand...

Full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger standing with Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a camel which Wilfred Thesiger rode from Al Ain to Sharjah, and another camel. Wilfred Thesiger (left) stands holding...

Group portrait of four members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Wadi Thu'ayt. Four of Wilfred Thesiger's Bayt Kathir Bedouin guides sit in a circle around a fire....

Half length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi near the end of his second journey across the Empty Quarter...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored a below a rock outcrop during Wilfred Thesiger's trip through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A...

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is wearing herbs in his hair.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a middle-aged man of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

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

View of camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. In the foreground three camels are couched on the ground next to some bushes....

Portrait of two men of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. Other people are standing behind them.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of an open-air market at Seiyun. Large numbers of people stand in the square, some carrying baskets of merchandise. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...