Thesiger Collection

View of a gravel plain at Raidat al Saar, with a watch-tower in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of a boom (large boat, a type of dhow) and other sea-going vessels in the Persian Gulf.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a man (named Haji Mansur), master of a dhow, with his mate (named Ahmed) standing behind him.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of an Iranian man, a porter.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of a narrow street in Shibam, with tall houses either side and a mosque in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

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

Portrait of a 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 Rivers...

Portrait of a boy, a sailor on board a dhow.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, pouring coffee from a pot into a small cup.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a street in Shibam.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 two Bin Maaruf nomads (of the Saar tribe) with two tethered and loaded camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a Bin Maaruf nomad (of the Saar tribe) with a camel which carries a litter made of wood and cloth on its back.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a Bin Maaruf nomad (of the Saar tribe), kneeling on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Hassi well in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images,...

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

Thesiger's party at the start of the journey into the Empty Quarter in the Uruq al Zaza.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a family of Bin Maaruf nomads (of the Saar tribe) walking with tethered and loaded camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...