Thesiger Collection

View of a man walking past small dhows (sailboats) are beached along the shore at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the far background square, one storey buildings line the...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, on the gravel plains below Jabal Sumeini posing with a feral donkey shot by Wilfred Thesiger. Salim bin Ghabaisha,...

Wadi Baysh in flood in the foothills near Jibal ar Rayth.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Standing full length portrait of a young man of the Mahra Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in the Wadi Ghudun. He is standing in a patch of sand in front...

A member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing beside two couched camels in the Sharqiyah Sands, west of Batha' Badiyah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

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 trees growing on a steep slope in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. A line of tracks leads from the near...

View of a steep ravine in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a tower house in the region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. The stone building is tall and square with a number of small...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across a bare, gravelly landscape near Andhur spring in Wadi Andhur.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party preparing coffee in the Wadi al 'Umayri. Rai, a member of the 'Ifaar tribe, sits on the left holding a coffee...

View of a settlement in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. In the foreground a large boulder rests on a steeply sloping hillside....

View of rocky hillsides dotted with sparse vegetation in a wadi near the village of As Sayl al Kabir.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Palm trees in the Wadi 'Arf. They are standing before high rocks. Men with camels in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Drawing water at a well near the town of Najran. The ropes have been tied to a cow and a camel, so that they can draw the water up.Due to...

View of Arab women at a market in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a large group of women sit in a town square. Many women have...

Portrait of a boy at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through the As Saruq sands north of Liwa oasis during their journey to Abu Dhabi. A vast expanse of low sand dunes stretches out...