Thesiger Collection

Seated profile portrait of a Bedouin tribesman in the region between Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat and Furai well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

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...

At Ghayl bin Yamayn. A wooden frame has been erected between palm trees (a well?). The town can be seen in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of three boys standing in front of beached dhows (sailboats) at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background one storey buildings and beached dhows line the shore.Due to...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

Portrait of a man 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 Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. In the foreground a woman sits with a few goats and a dog.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the fifteen year old son of Salim bin Turkia, in Wadi Arbat. Musallim bin Anauf, a member of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir...

View of men sitting inside a house in Zahran tribal territory in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

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 Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels towards a stand of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees in the Wadi al 'Arad sands. Despite many years of drought, the trees are...

View of the town of Sabya. A number of round huts with domed roofs and one square stone building.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Close up portrait of a tribesman of the Awamir Bedouin in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A man with a dense curly beard faces directly forward, looking into...

Standing full length portrait of a young Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in Al Khatam sands near Jebel...

View of sand dunes in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at Ma' Shadid well in the Wadi Ghudun. In the foreground Sultan bin Ahmad walks in front of a group of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

Portrait of a man and two boys of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. The man is plaiting palm frond fibres.Due to the nature of these...

View of a street in the village of Marat in the Al Washm region. In the distance a few children stand in an otherwise empty street. The street is lined...

Portrait of three young Bedouin boys outside the city of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy taken in the region between Wadi Madi and Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...