Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. The party, made up of tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of...

View of farmers' fields in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the background a ridge of high mountains rises in the distance.Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at Khasfah well in the Ramlat Khasfah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of fields of crops in Wadi Baysh. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Full length standing portrait of a tea boy in Dubai. A boy wearing a collared shirt and a wraparound skirt stands on a street corner holding a silver tray on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under trees at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's party rest in the shade beneath large trees...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi's fort in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the central foreground a stand of palm trees grows on a vast sand...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions with heavily loaded camels in a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah, near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass.Due to the nature of...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Shib Adaru wadi. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background flat rocky areas rise slightly above the sands. Due to...

Portrait of young Bedouin man standing at Bir Muhammad Yahyah well near Wadi Bayd.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Wadi Qinab during the party's journey to Huliyah well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of limestone cliffs atop Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground a steep ridge of limestone, mostly bare of vegetation, rises high on the left and slopes down...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at Shisr well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a boy in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Farmers' fields stretch across the foreground. In the distance a village of...

Portrait of three palm leaf traders at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground two men crouch and one man stands in the midst of...

Half length portrait of Huaishil and Yasir bin Hamud, two of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, outside Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. Huaishil, a sheikh of the Mahamid lineage of...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party walking with camels at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. On the left one man leads two camels across...