Thesiger Collection

A large building at Seiyun.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 Pitt...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party visiting a village in the foothills west of Batha' Badiyah. In the near distance a member of the party stands in front of a building...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on a dune in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the left...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on their mounts in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of rock formations in the region between the towns of Dhahran and Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Seated portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin at a camp in the Wadi Halfayn. On the left an elder tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin sits shaded by a tent or canopy...

View of a sand flat in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground a high dune is marked by a line of footprints along...

View of a lake surrounded by leafy trees near Al Birk village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. A few people stand in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Side view of two booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. Two booms, one in the left foreground and one further...

In the 'Uruq ash Shaybah in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of two boys of the Mahra Bedouin in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a building in the city of Abha. A square multi-storeyed building sits on the left. It is built in the traditional style for this region from adobe bricks...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the plains below the Jabal Qara mountains, near Salalah. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides rest in camp in the middle of...

Half length portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, sits...

View of the stern of a large dhow (sailboat) resting on piles at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. A few men sit on the left, under the...

View of terraced fields cut into a sloping hillside near Sawda village. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View out across trees and bushes growing in Wadi Andhur at Andhur spring [image is out of focus].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of the walled village of Marat in the Al Washm region. High defensive towers sit at intervals along the city walls.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Wadi al 'Arad sands near Umm al Marahah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...