Thesiger Collection

Half-length seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers in Al Ain. The man is seated with a rifle leaning against his right shoulder. He...

Seated half-length portrait of a man in front of a tent in a camp near Al Ain, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to Al Ain. The man...

View of tall buildings clustered at the bottom of a high rock escarpment at the city of Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Seated portrait of a young boy of the Manasir Bedouin at a Manasir encampment in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A young boy in a light coloured thobe (shirt)...

Portrait of a man of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of vegetable traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. On the left a few men stand, while on the right traders sit next to their...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and Musallim bin Al Kamam at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet), near Al Qabil. Wilfred Thesiger kneels on the left in a...

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner with shackles on his feet at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a boy with three donkeys standing a the entrance to a house in a settlement in the region between the city of Abha and the village of 'Ar'arah....

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well near Al Hubi village. In the foreground a number of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stand around a well. On the left...

Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping at Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Looking out from an enclosure into the landscape in Yam tribal territory, outside Najran. Palm trees on the left and in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a gravel plain near the wells in Wadi Shalhamit, twenty miles due west of Habarut. In the distance beyond low hills run along...

Portrait of a young man of the Qahtan Bedouin in the region between Jabal Dhahran and the town of Dhahran, near the Yemen Border. He is holding a coffee-pot and...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground fishing nets are spread out to dry on the sand. On the...

Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of terraced fields stretching along a steep mountainside in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border. Short round towers sit on the far edge of the fields.Due to...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party, standing with a camel by a ghaf tree north of Al Ain oasis. On the far right Salim bin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn during their journey towards the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat. In the near left distance three of Wilfred Thesiger's...