Thesiger Collection

View of men with a herd of goats and sheep standing in a crowd of locals from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions trek in a line across...

Full length portrait of two Arab men standing in the sand in front of a beached boat in Ash Shihr.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside bushes in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of two dhows (sailboats) resting in shallow water on the shoreline of Kuwait City. The boats are booms, Kuwaiti built trading vessels. Due to the nature of these images,...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides standing below Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. A man in an thobe (long shirt), and ghutra (headscarf), carrying a rifle under his arm,...

View of date palms growing in a depression in Liwa oasis. On the left a grove of young date palms grows in a depression below a high ridge of sand....

Portrait of a boy at the village of 'Arish. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Seated portrait of a teenaged boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar region. He has his arms crossed and resting over his dagger.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Musallim bin Anauf, the son of Salim bin Turkia. Musallim bin Anauf, a member of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin, sits on the ground facing...

View of locals and members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at the summit of the Miftah al Khashabah Pass. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground people gather around market stalls in an open air market. Square stone buildings surround...

Mountain landscape around Jabal Fayfa. In the foreground a man is standing next to a boulder.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Mountain landscape near Wadi 'Arf.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 group of people with bundles of firewood in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis. A black camel loaded with a large bundle of firewood...

Portrait of a young child of the Sa'ar Bedouin at the well of Manwakh. The child is wearing a fringed skirt and is holding a water-skin. Long earrings dangle from...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the four members of his travelling party who accompanied him on his first crossing of the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). Mabkhaut bin Arbain,...

Portrait of a boy of the Bani Malik tribe standing on a rock.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of small craft and ocean-going dhows (sailboats) moored at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the foreground large anchors rest on the shore.Due to the nature of these images,...

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