Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, wearing Arab dress. This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self-conscious.Due to the nature of...

Full-length group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger standing with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan and some of their retainers in Al Ain. Six people...

View of a badan, a small dhow (sailboat) beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai. The badan is beached in the sand with its bow pointing towards ocean on the left....

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit). In the foreground a saluki hunting dog pauses in...

View of the creek at Dubai. On the near side are low huts made from reeds. On the far side are buildings with wind-towers. Boats are on the creek and...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, holding a block on...

Portrait of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of terraced and cultivated fields, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a boy with a donkey walks across a sandy plain dotted two stands of trees. The plain is bordered...

View of an abra (ferry boat) approaching a launch on Dubai Creek. In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra, in which one passenger is standing. Behind it a...

View of a man leading three camels across Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the foreground man wades through shallow water, leading three camels behind...

Portrait of Thesiger in Arab dress in the Empty Quarter of the UAE.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in scabbard across his waist, and holding a stick in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Batin sands south of Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Group portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (second from left), standing with some of his retainers, holding rifles.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain, Musallim bin Tafl, Muhammad al Auf and Salim bin Kabina.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a young man, sitting on a chair, wearing a plaited conical hat (typical of the Tihama region of Yemen), smoking a water-pipe.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a man leading two camels across Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. On the left a man wades through shallow water, leading two camels...

View of boats moored off the beach at Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...