Thesiger Collection

View of two water sellers loading imported water in water skins onto waiting donkeys at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background a few dhows (sailboats) are moored along...

View of exposed bedrock in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey to Baynunah. In the right foreground a bare sand dune borders a...

Portrait of a boy of the Yam Bedouin, taken in the region between the towns of Dhahran and Najran. He has a curved dagger in his belt.Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the upper Wadi al Batha' east of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these...

Full length portrait of a teenaged Bedouin boy at Bir Ali' well. The boy stands in the foreground holding his arms clasped behind his back. Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a man [image indistinct].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...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on the crest of a long dune chain in the Sharqiyah Sands, west of Batha' Badiyah.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi 'Aydim [image out of focus].Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of two boys of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking across a dune in the Ghanim Sands, during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. In the far...

View of salt bushes growing on dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). A large patch of salt bushes grows in the sand in the...

View of a village and farmers' fields in the Bani Malik tribal region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images,...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, crouching on the ground in the region between the towns of Najran and Badr. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party watering camels at Bir Thamud well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a 20 year old sheikh of the village of Baydayn at Baydayn village in Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of volcanic country in the region between the cities of At Taif and Qalat Bishah. A bare flat plain runs from the foreground into the distance, where two triangular...

Half-length seated portrait of three Arab or Bedouin men in the Al Ain region. The men are seated in a line on the ground. They wear thobes (long shirts) with...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a dune in the Al Batin sands, near Liwa oasis, in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground men from Wilfred...

View of member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing with a donkey in a gravelly wadi in the Wadi Tayyah, near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass. Due to the nature of...

Three-quarter length portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, resting in the Al Batin sands near Liwa oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt...