Thesiger Collection

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

View of huts at Yaf, a Bani Yas settlement in the desert sands of Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of palm trees at Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

One of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers smoking a pipe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of the stern of a baghala (large boat, a type of dhow) in the harbour at Dubai.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party (Salim bin Kabina and Amair) riding camels in the desert north of Buraimi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert near Ramlat Anas, with the Dhahir range of mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a man, kneeling, holding a rifle in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Thesiger's party making camp under a tree between Buraimi and Dubai.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Group portrait of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (left), the ruler of Abu Dhabi, standing with two of his retainers.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Thesiger. Thesiger has a dagger in his belt, and Salim bin Ghabaisha is holding a rifle.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

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 a street in Saiwun, with a palm tree in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

The Umm Qarqar spring in the Wadi Kidyat. A man is sitting at the water's edge. Palm trees grow all around.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of two girls, 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...

Group portrait of boys, described by Wilfred Thesiger as 'one of [his] favourite compositions'.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of Thesiger and Salim bin Kalut at Salala at the start of the journey to Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a man and a boy, his son, sitting.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of an ornamented plaster-faced house, in a state of some disrepair.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of a tall house at Shahra, partly destroyed from bombing by the Egyptian forces (in support of the Republicans) during the Yemen Civil War.Due to the nature of these...