Thesiger Collection

View of a courtyard inside a house in Dubai. Square arches form a long canopy in front of a line of rooms flanking a wide empty courtyard. Both the courtyard...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting under a tree in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the near distance two men sit beneath a large tree in...

Seated portrait of a boy from the Humaydah tribe crouching in front of a hut in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these...

View of water channels at an oasis on Bahrain Island. Two water channels run from the near foreground into the central distance. The channels are separated by a thin line...

Seated portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a...

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and his camel taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi. Wilfred Thesiger stands in a large expanse...

Portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with a falcon at a well in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An...

Portrait of two young Arab boys loading a donkey with filled water skins in front of a wall in Kuwait City. The boys sell fresh water, which at this time...

Tracks of a pelican in the Uruq al Awarik sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Full length profile portrait of Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel owned by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and renowned for its beauty and speed. The saddled...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a group of large and small dhows are beached together in shallow water in Dubai Creek. Behind them in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the foreground the crest of a low, wind-rippled dune rises in a...

View of a walled palm grove in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. On the left a large date palm grove is enclosed by a high mud wall. Grass grows at along...

Half-length portrait of a man, a retainer of the Al Nahyan sheikhs, standing in front of a tent near Al Ain, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to...

View of an empty city square in the city of Jeddah. A few goats walk through the square, which is framed by a number of large multi-story buildings with small...

Close view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. Two small dhows sit alongside a moored boom, a type of large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait,...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party cooking in camp during their journey from Al Ain to Liwa, likely in the region of Al Humrah sands. Three men...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Two of...

Houses in Jeddah. Balconies with carved wooden screens in front of the windows.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin at a Manasir encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An older man with a long bushy grey beard...