Thesiger Collection

View of the Sultan's Palace in the city of Shibam in Wadi Hadhramawt. In the foreground locals walk in the square. The Sultan's Palace sits on the right. It is...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions and Awamir Bedouin watering at a well near Al Ain, during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain. Men from Wilfred Thesiger's...

Portrait of two teenage boys of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at a well in Wadi Shalhamit. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of two boys near Abha.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 a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with a couched camel in the Wadi al 'Ayn, during the party's journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat. On the right...

Full length standing portrait of an Arab boy in Wadi Yiba or Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of an open-air market at Seiyun. In the foreground two women stand holding baskets in their arms. On the right a group of women walk by carrying baskets on...

View of an Arab boy standing beside a cluster of vegetation on a sandy flat in the Wadi Fatimah near Mecca.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Landscape in the Wadi Madi.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...

Upper body portrait of two men in Al Ain/Buraimi oasis. Two Arab men wearing thobe (long shirts) and ghutra (headscarves) stand side by side in an open grassy area. Behind...

Half length portrait of a boy in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the background a donkey stands in the street. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of tower houses with walled exterior courtyards in the town of Qalat Bishah. The buildings are made from zabur (forced earth). In the right background a high wall and...

Half length profile portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in Jizan. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al Ahsabah,...

Seated portrait of an elder tribesman from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. The man kneels in the foreground, his body turned towards the left. He...

Group portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party, tribesmen of the Rashid Bedouin, kneeling on the ground during the party's journey from Wadi Animrit to the town...

View of a round stone watchtower at Jazirat Al Hamra in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stands to the right of a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Jiddat al Harasis near Boi well. In the background a few trees grow on a sand dune.Due to the nature of these images,...

People and camels travelling across coastal lava fields between the villages of Al Qahmah and Ash Shuqaiq. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of two men in a rowboat crossing the harbour in Kuwait city. In the background many small and large dhows are moored along a breakwater in the distance.Due to...

Close up portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the Wadi Hali. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al...