Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing the Uruq al Shaiba, the highest sand dunes in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a man, a soldier of the Royalist forces, standing, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, and holding a rifle across his shoulders, with buildings constructed...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy, a young soldier of the Royalist forces, standing, wearing a bandolier and a large dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a fourteen-year-old boy, a young soldier of the Royalist forces, sitting on the ground, wearing a bandolier and a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, and holding...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of a boy (named Mabarak), one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, smiling.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a round watch-tower constructed of mud and projecting tiles.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of tall mud houses, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a prisoner, whose legs are shackled, arrested for stealing livestock.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

The market at Umm Al Khashab. In the foreground a great number of pottery vessels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of a man, a soldier of the Royalist forces, standing in a doorway, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, and holding a rifle in his right...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at a well in the Ghanim sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a 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 Pitt...

Portrait of a 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 Pitt...

View of buildings at the fortress town of Shahra, constructed at the top of (the mountain) Jebel Ahnun, with cultivated terraces on a hillside in the foreground.Due to the nature...

View of the Wadi Baish in flood, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy, a young soldier of the Royalist forces, sitting in a doorway, wearing a bandolier and a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature...

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

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