Thesiger Collection

Group portrait of sailors hoisting the main sail on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Sailors stand on the deck of a dhow. They all hold onto...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys performing a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. The dancers are facing forward in a long single file line. Many of the participants...

Mahra Bedouin watering camels at Sarif. Portrait of three boys at the well. Two women are in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of two buildings in a village near the city of Abha. In the near distance two multi-storeyed square buildings built from adobe bricks sit on a gravel flat. A...

View of five members 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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Mughshin Oasis to Khawr bin 'Atarit well. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Seated portrait of Sultan bin Ahmad, a sheikh of the Sh'asha lineage of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the region between Wadi...

Portrait of a well dressed young man in the region between Jabal Baydan mountain and the city of At Taif. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). The men, tribesmen of the Bayt...

Full length portrait of an Arab boy standing on one leg in the town of Abha. In the background people walk across a vast empty area in front of a...

Half length portrait of an Arab boy in the city of Abha. Two young boys are standing behind him on the right.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a Bedouin man standing with a herd of camels drinking from a pool at Boi well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of Musallim bin Al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, at a fort in Al Ain / Al Buraimi oasis. On the right Musallim bin Al Kamam, a...

Seated group portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin boys in the Wadi Halfayn. Three young Wahiba boys kneel in a line on a rug lying in the sand. Each boy wears...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting among ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees at Mughshin Oasis. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Seated profile portrait of a boy in Wadi Jarsis in the Jabal Qara mountains. A boy from one of the Qara tribes sits in front of a rock wall facing...

Seated portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Manasir encampment in the Baynunah sands. Two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions make coffee beside a fire....

View of a village in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the foreground a woman walks along a road past farmers' fields...

Half length group portrait of four Arab boys in the city of Abha. Two younger boys are standing behind the two older boys in front. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a young Arab boy in the city of Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...