Thesiger Collection

View of three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting on a sand dune in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a tall tree casts...

View of the coastal city of Jizan. In the foreground square one storey buildings line both sides of an empty street. In the background a mosque and minaret sits along...

Portrait of two men at the village of 'Arish.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 youth of the Harb Bedouin and an Arab man drinking coffee near the village of As Sayl al Kabir. Due to the nature of these images,...

Standing full length portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a small child at the beach in Kuwait City. On the left long wooden posts are piled up on the beach. In the near central distance a small...

View of dunes and a vast sand flat in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah region of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Three-quarter length portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions standing in sands north of Al Ain during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq. A bearded Arab...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Mughshin Oasis. In the background a large ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] tree grows in the sand.Due to...

Portrait of a teenage boy of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin in Wadi Shalhamit. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a little boy, one of the three children of Nura, sitting on the ground at Mudday. Wilfred Thesiger first met Nura and her three children, Munzuk [Murzuk], Erzek...

Portrait of two boys of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Group of Humum Bedouin.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...

A boy of the Humum Bedouin.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...

Half length portrait of a Bedouin man at the city of Al Mukalla. Behind him a camel caravan rests in the sand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling 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 reproduce any...

Portrait of a young man of the Humum Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Half length portrait of two young men of the Nahad tribe standing in the Al Qatan region, west of Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of water sellers unloading imported water from a dhow (sailboat) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground boys and men stand in the tide beside a dhow,...

View of landscape near the town of Khamis Mushait. In the left distance three tall tower houses rise in a clearing in a rocky landscape. Due to the nature of...