Thesiger Collection

View from above overlooking Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside bushes in the Wadi Halfayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at Qafa well in Wadi 'Aydim. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a teenaged Arab boy loading a donkey with filled water skins at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boy sells fresh water, which was at this time was...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the Wadi 'Andam, west of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Suhail bin Al Kuwait, a young tribesman of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sitting in Jabal Qara.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) near Al Qabil. In the foreground large trees grow on a flat plain. In the distance the jagged limestone cliffs...

Half length seated portrait of a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly at Al Jiza well. The man has...

View looking out over walled enclosures in the city of Najran. In the distance the decorated towers of Najran Fort are visible. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

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

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's party sitting side by side on a gravel plain during the party's journey between Yisub well and Wadi Darbat....

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides atop Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground an man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) walks across a flat...

View of the city of Seiyun with palm trees in the foreground. In the right distance Sultan Al Kathiri Palace is visible on a rise overlooking the rest of the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through sands, dotted with clumps of vegetation, in the Wadi 'Atinah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

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...

View from the northern slopes of the Jabal Qara mountains out towards the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). In the foreground steep barren slopes run down into a ravine. In...

View of people from one of the Qara tribes standing in a field in Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the near distance four boys stand in the...

Portrait of a well dressed young man in the region between Jabal Baydan mountain and the city of At Taif. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Profile portrait of a thoroughbred female batina camel standing in the sands near Al Ain. The camel stands in profile facing towards the right. It is wearing the traditional form...

View of a vast dry plain bordered by a far hill in the region surrounding the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at Ghayl bin Yumayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...