Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a Wahiba boy, standing.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...

Portrait of a man (named Huaishil), a sheikh of the Duru tribe, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of a Wahiba boy.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 Pitt...

Portrait a man, a representative of the Imam of Oman, who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party to Muwaiji, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, and holding a...

Portrait of Musallim bin al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing, holding a rifle in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Close-up view of the head of a thoroughbred (female) Wahiba camel, wearing the traditional form of guiding harness.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

A falcon sitting on a folded blanket. A protective glove used to carry a falcon lies beside the blanket.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at Farai well, with a herd of black goats.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a Wahiba man.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 Pitt...

Portrait of a man, sitting on the ground, holding a stick in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of yellow-flowering tribulus (zahra) and a sedge (qassis) growing in the desert sands some time after heavy rain.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Musallim bin al Kamam, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, kneeling on the ground, making tea.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Falconer with a falcon on his arm. Desert landscape with some vegetation and a mountain (Jebel Hafit) in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, standing, holding a hooded peregrine falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Group portrait of four members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party: Amair, Salim bin Ghabaisha, Muhammad bin Kalut and Salim bin Kabina.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels in the desert sands of Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man (named Amair), one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these...

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

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

View of men drinking coffee on board a dhow, during a voyage which Wilfred Thesiger made around the Abu Dhabi islands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...