Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Group portrait of Arab teenaged boys and children in the city of Abha. In the background a man in uniform leans against a stone wall.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a man and boy of the Duru Bedouin sitting in a camp near the Wadi Samhan. A middle-aged tribesman of the Duru Bedouin with a long thick beard...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. In the foreground a moored boom sits in calm...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along a mountain path in the mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling saddling camels during the party's journey from Manwakh well to B'ir Tamis well. Three camels are couched in the sand beside a...

Standing half length portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain....

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between 'Uruq ash Shaybah and Al Dhafra sands. Many camels crowd around a hawd,...

View of Bedouin packing up their camel caravan at the city of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading three camels through the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands....

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

Group portrait of men and boys standing in a crowd at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Seated portrait of two men of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin, likely members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the region between Khasfah well and Matki well in the Ghanim Sands....

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between 'Uruq ash Shaybah and Al Dhafra sands. This well is likely the well...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through in the desert during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Seated half length portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. A man with a long grey beard sits in the sand, his...

Full length portrait of two Arab men in sitting front of a rock wall in the city of Sawda. An older man is sitting just behind the man on the...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar region. He is holding a rifle.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of one of Ali bin Mohammed al Imani's sons sitting in front of a stone wall in the village of Al Makhwah. At this time Ali bin Mohammed al...