Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Two Arab men sit side by side in...

Standing portrait of two falconers in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, with their falcon and its quarry, in the sands surrounding Al Ain. On the left an...

View of an Arab man with two donkeys and locals resting in a street in the city of Abha. Buildings line either side of the street. The buildings on the...

View of Al Khandaq Fort in Buraimi. In the right foreground a man in a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) stands in an expanse of rocky sand dotted with grass and...

Distant view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. A single sail files from the main mast as the...

In the suq at Al Hufuf in the country of the Al Hasa. Shops on both sides and people sitting in front of them.Due to the nature of these images,...

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

Portrait of Thesiger in Oman, wearing Arab dress.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

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

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Thesiger's party digging out a well in the Batin to water their camels.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and four sheikhs, including Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (second from right), the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of sheikhs at Abu Dhabi. In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

People in front of the fort at Buraymi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

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

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

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, standing on the crest of a dune in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature...

View of two men and a woman, standing, holding a rope, drawing water at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of two boys (named Musallim bin Anauf and Said bin Kabina, the younger brother of Salim bin Kabina), members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on the ground, tending...