Thesiger Collection

View of boats moored in the creek in Dubai.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of tall houses behind the city wall at Shibam in the Hadhramaut, with a line of camels in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a group of men at a circumcision celebration firing muskets above their heads, watched by a large number of others sitting on walls. At the centre of the...

A boy with a donkey in the Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Wilfred Thesiger with his camel Umbrausha, which he rode on the journey to Mughshin.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Wadi al 'Arad sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of the Shindagha district from the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek. In the foreground 'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds line Dubai Creek. In the far...

View of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A dhow under...

Portrait of two men standing in the doorway of a house at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'. The large stone building is covered in plaster and has large...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right. Behind...

View of a crowd of men at Suq al Sabt market below Jabal Mana'. A large stone buildings is visible in the background behind the crowd.Due to the nature of...

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...

View of tall houses behind the city wall at Shibam in the Hadhramaut, with a line of camels in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Group portrait of men, standing, holding muskets, gathered for a circumcision celebration.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of two boys, standing, holding knives, with several men standing behind them, holding muskets, gathered for a circumcision ceremony.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel, a thoroughbred Omani camel, with Warad, the party's saluki hunting dog. Wilfred Thesiger's camel sits couched in the sand facing towards the left. She...

Group portrait of five peregrine falcons belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Five peregrine falcons, each sitting on...

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the central foreground a low ridge is marked by a large, healthy looking bush on...

View of two booms (large boats, a type of dhow) moored off the beach at Kuwait, with donkeys carrying goatskins of water (brought from the Shatt al Arab) in the...

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...