Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

View of the mountain Jabal Dhahran.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...

View of a group of Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. In the central foreground men are using ropes and pulleys to get water from...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading his camel through a gap between two high dunes in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah. The 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes are...

Full length portrait of a boy at a well near the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View overlooking Al Kharbah, a caravan halting place in the lower Wadi 'Aydim. In the distant foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walks through a clump of trees...

Stern view of a dhow (sailboat) moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. A dhow, possibly a j?lb?t [jalboot], is moored facing into the far distance. In the distance two...

Seated portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Arab guides on a stoney plain below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. The man kneels in stoney ground, resting his hands on his...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a man and a woman unload a large camel....

Mountain landscape at Jallat al Mawt. In the foreground a hut made from plant material.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party stands beside a camel in...

Portrait of a middle-aged man of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar. The man is holding a rock in his hand.Due to the nature...

A group of boys in Baydayn village in Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of palm traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground large round bundles of palm leaves sit on the ground in...

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 on...

Group portrait of a crowd of Arab or Bedouin men sitting in a circle outside a building in the region of Al Ain oasis. A number of men holding rifles...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Patrick Thesiger kneels in soft sand in front of a dry bush, holding a camel stick in his hands....

Portrait of an African slave boy on Shindagha beach in Dubai. A boy wearing a light coloured thobe (shirt) and a ghutra (headscarf) leans on his elbows on the gunwale...

Portrait of a man at the village of 'Arish. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...