Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking through a palm grove cultivated by local villagers in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a tall date palm tree grows beside a...

Portrait of a man at a settlement in the region between the village of 'Ar'arah and Jabal Mana'. The man is holding a large dagger and is standing in front...

Portrait of a saker (hurr) falcon with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A saker falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's...

Portrait of two boys standing in front of a wall in the village of Ash Shaykh, below Jabal Harfa. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at an encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. This man is the son of Muhammad, a sheikh...

Close up portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting in camp near the Wadi Samhan. Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a tribesman of the Marakhin lineage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through sand dunes in the vicinity of the Ramlat Unayq, near the Dhahir mountains north of Al Ain. The party is travelling from...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon sitting on a falconer's arm in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. The peregrine falcon perches on a falconer's arm on a mangalah (cuff) (only...

Full length portrait of three Awamir Bedouin women at a well near Al Ain. Two women stand beside a third women who squats on the ground. The women wear sheila...

View of men unloading dhows (sailboats) on the Corniche in the town of Abu Dhabi. In the foreground a wave breaks on the sand. At the centre one man stands...

Portrait of sailors on the deck of a dhow (sailboat) in Dubai Creek. On the left two men sit on a mat on the deck of a dhow. On the...

Three-quarter length standing group portrait of four men, retainers of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. The four retainers stand in a...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the foreground a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches on a carved...

View of coral and 'arish huts in Dubai. In the foreground a woman carrying a trunk on her head walks past high stacks of coral sitting in the sand. Behind...

View of the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

View of adobe and slate buildings in the city of Abha. In the near distance sits a cluster of one and two storey buildings built from adobe bricks topped with...

View of a cluster of joined buildings near Baiman in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah. A group of joined buildings sits in the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in sand dunes during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq, north of Al Ain/Buraimi oasis, to Jabal Sumeini. On the left a member...

Portrait of an Arab youth and a boy standing in an open area in front of a stone wall in the city of Abha. Both the boy and the youth...