Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a man at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Hali in the village of Baydayn in the Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a field of grass or other vegetation growing in the Raydat as Say'ar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Landscape of the ruined fort at Sanaw well. In the foreground a ruined fort sits in the left distance on a vast barren plain. In the right distance Bedouin men...

View of booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf at Bahrain Island. In the foreground a large boom sits in calm water rippled by...

Full length portrait of a man standing with a camel in Al Ain oasis. On the far left a man stands in the sand beside a dry bush, holding the...

View of cattle traders and buyers at an open air market in the city of Sabya. In the foreground traders stand with their cows in the midst of a large...

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

Portrait of a thoroughbred female batina camel, which Wilfred Thesiger owned in 1950, standing in the sands near Al Ain. The camel stands in the central foreground, half turned in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi Inqudun, a branch of Wadi Dhahaban. The men stand beside their camels, which are grazing on bushes. Due to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the shade of a tree in the upper Wadi al Batha' east of Qabil al Bu Said village.Due to the nature of these...

Two men of the Wala Badu in Wadi Baysh.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of bushes growing in sand in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Due to the nature of these...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Rashid Bedouin at Muhammad's encampment near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad. Wilfred Thesiger and his men stayed with Muhammad, a...

Mahra Bedouin with water-skins at the Sarif wells.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 Bedouin travelling party watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jabal Buwaydah to Al Qabil. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Standing full length portrait of a boy at Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Huts and palm trees in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a group of five young boys sitting in the sand in the Wadi Hali. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a boy of the Khawlan Bedouin at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...