Thesiger Collection

View of a dhow (sailboat) moored in shallow water at an Abu Dhabi Island. One of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions wades through shallow water towards a moored sailboat (likely the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside a tree in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance rolling dunes continue to the far horizon. Due to the...

View of Ghayl bin Yamayn from above. Behind it palm groves.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of two tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin drinking coffee at Ma' Shadid well, in the Wadi Ghudun. Behind them many people rest in the sand.Due...

View of a few leafy trees growing beside a farmer's field in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the distance a steep...

View of a small Arab boy walking past dhows (sailboats) beached along the shoreline at the harbour in Kuwait city. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a Manasir Bedouin encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In a wide expanse of sand dotted with scattered bushes two Manasir men sit in front...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Wadi Halfayn. In the left foreground a man stands beside his couched camel. On the right a man sits in the shade...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling through in the sands of Al Batin, near Liwa oasis. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead camels across a dune towards distant rising dunes. In...

Close up portrait of a young boy at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background large dhows (sailboats) are moored close to shore.Due to the nature of these images,...

Full length group portrait of eight men, retainers of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, standing in a line outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. All of the...

[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 Pitt Rivers Museum.

Profile portrait of a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches in...

View of three men standing in front of a house at a village in Zahran tribal territory, in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. One...

The well at Umm al Khashab. Leather buckets hang from a beam across it. Men with a few cattle at the well. In the foreground and to the left are...

Standing full length portrait of Muhammad bin Shuas, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, in the Wadi Thu'ayt. He stands in a patch of sand, leaning...

Standing portrait of two boys on the street in Dubai. A bare-chested boy in a ghutra (headscarf) and wraparound skirt stands on a platform at the side of a building....

Group portrait of the four members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party who accompanied him on his first crossing of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Mabkhaut bin Arbain, a tribesman...

Standing portrait of a man of the Mahra Bedouin at a well in the Wadi Khawat. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between oases in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a few clumps of qassis (sedge) grow on the side of a rolling dune....