Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding across downs in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis....

Seated group portrait of three Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The three men sit in the sand facing forward. Each man wears a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt)...

View of dhows (sailboats) beached in the sand on the shoreline of Kuwait City. In the foreground two small dhows sit on the beach. In the background a boom, a...

View of bushes and a palm tree in the landscape surrounding the village of Baydayn in the Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a teenaged boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is wearing herbs in his hair. A dagger is hanging from his belt. Due...

A camel at Mughshin Oasis with its forelegs bound together. Ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin crouching on the ground in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

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...

Full length portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing in front of Manwakh well. He is holding a stick.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions at a well in a date palm grove at Liwa oasis. Five men stand around a well in front of a few date...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Uruq al Awarik sands of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting amongst bushes in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

At Umm al Khashab. A boy riding on a donkey. It is also carrying a load of palm fronds. Other boys with donkeys following behind.Due to the nature of these...

Seated portrait of a boy of the Sahul Bedouin resting in front of a tent at one of the Rumah wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Sahul Bedouin drawing water from one of the Rumah wells. On the left a men man sits on a camel. On the right a man stands by the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands next...

View of terraced fields in a valley in the region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of two Bedouin men filling a water-skin at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Ghumdhaidh well in Wadi Mughshin. In the foreground men and camels stand around the well. In the background large palm...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Rashid in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...