Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam. The rider is the party's guide, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin. In the...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground fishing nets are spread out to dry on the sand. On the...

A view of a man driving a cow to draw water from a well in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the foreground a well topped with a wooden frame...

A house in Jeddah. Balconies with carved wooden screens are in front of the windows of each storey.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

A house near the summit at Jabal Fayfa. The house has been built in several sections onto the mountainside. To the right are two small round towers.Due to the nature...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with a falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Wilfred Thesiger sits on a cloth in the left foreground, beside a hooded peregrine falcon...

Seated group portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions taken during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy. In the background Abdullah bin Misad, a tribesman of the Rashid...

Portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands on a sailboat, holding on to...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of the Rashid...

View overlooking the rooftops of buildings in the city of Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions making camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. Four men sit in a semicircle beside a cloth tent erected against a low rock...

View of a j?lb?t [jalboot], a small type of dhow (sailboat)in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The j?lb?t flies one sail from its single mast and...

View of dhows (sailboats) in Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a boy sits on a pile of coral lying in shallow water. In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat)...

View of the skyline of Jeddah.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 camels resting at low tide at Dubai Creek in the Shindagha district. In the near distance a large group of camels are couched in the sand. In the...

View of water sellers loading imported water onto donkeys in the harbour in Kuwait City. In the right foreground a line of dhows (sailboats) stretches along the shore. On the...

View of a large building, possibly a palace, in the city of Seiyun. The palace is several storeys high and has small, rectangular windows. It is decorated with lime plaster.Due...

View of the Shindagha district from Dubai Creek at sunset. In the near distance a man walks across shallow water towards a man in a rowboat waiting on the right....

View of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the near distance a tall circular stone watchtower sits in the middle of...

View of a busy street in Kuwait. In the foreground locals stroll through a shaded street. In the background the minaret of a mosque sits on the right side of...