Thesiger Collection

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party gathering water from a well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the background camels rest in the sand alongside piles of blankets and...

Mountain landscape at Jallat al Mawt.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 Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn during their journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat. In the near central distance five of Wilfred Thesiger's...

View of cattle and livestock traders at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the background a line of white steps leads to the roof of a...

View of a Bedouin man in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground a man leads a line of camels across an area...

View of rooftops and rooftop shelters in the city of Abha. In the foreground two square rooms with small windows sit atop a roof on a building. The structures are...

Huts made from palm material at 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...

View of a gateway between buildings into the city of Tarim. Two people stand in front of the gate.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of three sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Three men perch on the main yard of a dhow, tying up...

View of downs above the Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. In the foreground trees grow on the steep slopes of a valley. In the distance beyond fields of...

Side view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. A small dhow is moored alongside a boom, a type of large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait....

Profile portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of two boys at Umm al Khashab. One is wearing a straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

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

View of two Sa'ar Bedouin men and a woman hauling water from Manwakh well. They are using rope and a wooden pulley to haul water out of the stone lined...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line across a flat...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across a plain covered in vegetation near Wadi Shalhamit, during the party's journey from Wadi Shalhamit to Wadi Khawat. In the distance steep...

View of a line of palms growing alongside the city wall of Shibam. Tall multi-storey buildings fill the city behind the city wall. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of the walled village of Marat in the Al Washm region. High defensive towers sit at intervals along the city walls, which also enclose a date palm plantation. Due...

View of a rocky peak on Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. A large dead tree sits in the near foreground, while in the distance many other...