Thesiger Collection

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the foreground a moored boom sits in calm...

Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering their camels at Makhari well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of dhows moored at Bahrain Island. In the distance three dhows are moored in choppy water. A rowboat bobs in the water behind the nearest dhow. High above wispy...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the distance two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their...

Landscape in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of a high stone mountain in the Al Hasa Oasis near Al Hofuf. In the foreground trees and bushes grow on the plain in front of the mountain. Due...

Portrait of a boy of the Mahra Bedouin taken in the region between Wadi Khawat and Wadi Shu'ayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

A house at Harub village. Several large pottery vessels are lying in the foreground. Mountains in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a young boy of the Utaybah Bedouin standing with a flock of black and white sheep at Al Qaiyah well. In the left background a woman and another...

Portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground two men stand on either side...

Half length portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, at a well near the city of Sharjah during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to Sharjah. The...

Portrait of 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 damage that occurred before...

View of a large grove of date palms growing in the Wadi Andhur near Andhur spring. In the far background high rock cliffs run along the far side of the...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at the Khawr bin 'Atarit well, north of Mughshin in the Ghanim Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Full length portrait of two boys standing beside a stone wall in the village of Al Birk. A few other boys stand in the background. Due to the nature of...

View of people from the Bani Malik tribe standing in the shade of a tree at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. Due to the...

View of two camels belonging to a family of Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. Both camels wear small camel litters on their back. Behind them...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background rocky areas sit above the sands.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a young man of the Qara tribe standing in the Wadi Darbat. In the background a rocky hill rises in the distance. Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a man of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. Due to the nature of...