Thesiger Collection

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, riding a camel with a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A falconer...

Mountain landscape in the region above Wadi Kidyut, west of Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Full length standing portrait of two boys from Ash Shuqaiq village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of an abra (ferry boat) crossing Dubai Creek. In the foreground a young oarsman rows a covered abra filled with six passengers. Behind the abra 'arish huts, made of...

Portrait of a man standing in front of a wall at a village in Zahran tribal territory, in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. Due...

View of a ruined building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

Humum Bedouin near Ghayl bin Yamayn. A group of people with a camel and some goats. A man is pouring water from a bucket into a little pool in front...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party riding through a wadi on the northern side of Jabal Qara. In the near distance men ride across a gravel wadi bed. In the background...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a sand dune in Al Khatam sands. In the central foreground a line of footprints leads across...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Wadi Musallim. In the foreground a group of camels crowd around a well. One of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the region of Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan) or Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions...

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). In the first...

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...

View of a group of Qara tribesmen in the Wadi Darbat. In the foreground a group of tribesmen from the Jabal Qara Mountains stand in a group. In the background...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, crouching on the ground in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged...

View of the mountain Jabal Dhahran rising in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a group of men resting on a hill in front of Al Muwaiji fort in Al Ain. In the near centre left, four men sit in a group...

Seated portrait of a young tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A smiling young man with short hair kneels in the sand holding...

Portrait of a young Arab boy leaning against a man in the Tihamah region between Jeddah and Wadi Yiba. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Close up portrait of three boys in the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...