Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two men, leaders of a Manahil raiding party, kneeling on the ground, each holding rifle, resting at Hilaya well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of tall houses at Shibam in the Hadhramaut, with people collecting water at the wells in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of two men.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...

View of tall houses at Saiwun in the Hadhramaut, with a mountain in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait a boy, a shepherd, 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...

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 Museum.

View of a man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting astride a saddled camel, carrying a rifle under his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a man threshing grain with three harnessed mules. The grain is being threshed by the mules dragging weights across the crop laid out on the ground.Due to the...

View of trees, 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 were archived...

View of buildings in the Qatn area. A mountain rises up behind them.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Group portrait of men.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...

View of people on the beach outside Shihr, with a fisherman inspecting his catch in the foreground, and the town visible in the distance.Due to the nature of these images,...

Street in Shibam. On the right are houses with several stories. In the foreground is a very small, domed building. People and a donkey walking on the street. Palm trees...

View of a mud building with a round stone tower.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of tall houses behind the city wall at Shibam in the Hadhramaut, with a shrine visible in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Group portrait of people, sitting on the ground, watering their camels at Habarut wells. The man standing at the centre of the image is the son of Sultan, one of...

Portrait of a man (named Sultan), a sheikh of the Beit Kathir tribe and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on the ground, holding a rifle in his right...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Muhammad bin Kalut, Salim bin Amr, Musallim bin al Kamam, Sultan and Abdullah bin Misad.Due to the nature...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a gravel plain on the northern slopes of the Qarra range of mountains, with sand dunes in the distance.Due to the nature of...