Thesiger Collection

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

Portrait of a man (named Muhammad bin Kalut), one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a round stone watch-tower at Ras al Khaimah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of a peregrine falcon resting on its kill, a hare.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a man, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of several men standing and sitting in front of a tent, with one man tending a pot cooking over a fire.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Close-up view of the head of a thoroughbred (female) Wahiba camel.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

The harbour in Kuwait. Dhows are on the water. In the foreground water-skins are loaded onto donkeys.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels, with the Omani type of camel-saddle clearly visible on the camel in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images,...

Sheikh Zayed's fort at Muwaiqih. In the foreground is a tent between two trees.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

A camp of the Manasir. A shelter made from mats. A man and a boy with a camel beside it.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Three men and a boy at Liwa at the entrance of an enclosure constructed from palm fronds. Another man is in the background inside the enclosure.Due to the nature of...

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,...