Thesiger Collection

View of the town of 'Aynat, nestled at the foot of a large rocky mountain. In the foreground a large camel caravan unloads just outside the city.Due to the nature...

Seated portrait of Muhammad bin Shuas and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at Mughshin Oasis. Muhammad bin Shuas, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin,...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. In the foreground a man stands beside a hawd, a wood and leather trough, holding a water skin. Behind him a crowd...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on a camel in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the foreground waves of...

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party men in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Four members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party...

Half length standing portrait of Captain Haji Mansur and one of his sailors working on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain Island. Haji Mansur, the nakhoda or...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in camp.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 travelling party reunited at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis. A large group of Bedouin men sit in a circle in front of a cave...

Portrait of two boys sitting in front of a well in the Al Qatan region, just west of Shibam. The boy on the right is wearing a collared shirt.Due to...

Seated portrait of an elder tribesman from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains. The man kneels in the foreground in front of an ivy covered tree.Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Uruq al Awarik sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Seated portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Arab guides on a stoney plain below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. The man sits on stoney ground. He wears a light coloured...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across a gravel plain east of the Wadi Katabit/Wadi Andhur junction. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Sabya in the background. In the foreground a camel is turning a press for sesame seeds. The press consists of a large mortar in which a pestle is...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Three of...

Portrait of two sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai Creek. On the left a man wearing a headscarf and a wraparound skirt stands holding on to...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Jarsis, a wadi in the Jabal Qara mountains. A number of men are loading their camels. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a building with high walls in the village of Marat in the Al Washm region.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi during their journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

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