Thesiger Collection

View of Sabya in the background. In the foreground a camel is turning a press for sesame seeds. The press consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is...

View of a Bani Yas date palm grove and settlement near Radum in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a number of young date palms grow on a sand flat alongside...

Portrait of a boy 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 that...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Utaybah Bedouin sitting on the sand at one of the Rumah wells. In the background a flock of sheep gathers behind him.Due to the...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading a camel through 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a man walking with a camel in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). The 'Uruq ash Shaybah dunes are some...

Portrait of a Bedouin youth seated amongst rocks near the village of As Sayl al Kabir. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's men and their camels resting under trees in the country between the village of Harub and the city of Sabya.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Khawlan Bedouin traders at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Desert landscape in the Shib Adaru wadi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of ghada trees in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit). In the central foreground a large ghada (Haloxylon persicum Bunge) tree grows on the side of a...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party gathering water from a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet). In the foreground six men stand in a well, while...

Profile portrait of a camel, owned by Wilfred Thesiger in 1950, at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Ghumdhaidh well in Wadi Mughshin. In the foreground men rest beside camels drinking from pans of water. In the background...

Seated portrait of an elderly tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Manasir encampment in the Baynunah sands. Two men sit in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground a clump of vegetation grows in a mound of sand. In the distance beyond...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. A crowd of people using ropes and pulleys haul water from the stone-lined well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Group portrait of a man and three boys of the Hamum Bedouin on the Jol of the Raydat al Ma'arah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Full length portrait of a man and a young boy standing with a camel in Al Ain oasis. At the far left a young boy holding a camel stick stands...