Thesiger Collection

View of walled fields and several watchtowers at the town of Dhahran. In the far background a mountain rises high above the horizon.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. In the central distance a kotia sits in choppy water, bow pointing to...

Landscape in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of an Arab man, a retainer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a camel in the sands near Al Ain. In the near distance an...

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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking along a high mountain path during their journey from the Wadi Kidyut to Shib Waqtaat. A few men and a camel stand at the...

View of men rowing a dhow (sailboat) through Dubai Creek. A number of men crouch on the deck and gunwales of a small dhow crossing a flat and calm Dubai...

View of a hut sitting between a few small trees at the bottom of a hill in the Wadi 'Itwad. A number of mats lean against the sides of the...

Portrait of a teenaged boy, a tribal guard, in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate. The boy crouches on a rocky slope holding...

Market at Al Haqu village.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...

Full length standing portrait of a boy with a stick at the Suq ath Thulutha market. He is likely from the local 'Amara tribe.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading two loaded camels during the party's journey from Ma' Shadid well to Shisr well. Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of sailors rowing a dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A number of men sit on the gunwale of...

Landscape in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of dhows (sailboats) beached in Manama on Bahrain Island. On the left a small rowboat sits in the sand beside the stern of a beached dhow. On the right...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering at a river in the Wadi Qana during their journey towards the village of Makha'il. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the sand at Mughshin Oasis. In the distance a number of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow.Due to the nature of these images,...

A large building at seiyun. This is a white building with several stories and decorative railings lining the roof.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp on a sabkha, salt flat, in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. Due to the nature...

View of a family of Sahul Bedouin unloading their camels at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground a woman stands in the sand surrounded by piles...