Thesiger Collection

View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra filled with passengers. Behind the abra a line of ferries are...

Houses in Jeddah. They have several storeys, and some have balconies. In front of some windows are wooden screens.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Profile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Salim bin Kabina, two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a...

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of...

Portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, sitting on a camel with a peregrine falcon on his arm in the Al...

Full-length group portrait of Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan standing with two other boys from the Al Nahyan family in Al Ain. All three boys stand in a line....

View of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, feeing a peregrine falcon with the brains of a bustard which it has killed.Due to the nature...

Portrait of a man (named Alaiwa), 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...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of...

View of boats in the creek in Dubai, with several people walking in shallow water in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Dunes in the sands near Umm al Zamul.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 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party setting out in the Khatam sands, with a saluki hunting dog in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a tethered peregrine falcon sitting on its block, with a falconer's leather arm protection and the falcon's hood lying on the ground.Due to the nature of these images,...

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan sitting in front of a tent with Tahnun bin Muhammad and two boys.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of several houses with wind-towers, with two men standing in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

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 Rivers Museum.

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, with the camel (named Ghazala) which he rode during his second crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images,...

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...

Portrait of a woman.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 Rivers...

A pool of water in the mountains at Ayun spring.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...