Thesiger Collection

Mountain landscape at Jabal Fayfa.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...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) near Al Jaladah plain.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Landscape at Habarut wells. View onto a plain with trees and a herd of camels. Mountains in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin relaxing at a camp in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Three-quarter length seated portrait of Captain Haji Mansur on his dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. Haji Mansur, the nakhoda or captain of the dhow on which Wilfred...

View of watchtowers built of rammed earth near the town of Dhahran in Qahtan tribal territory. A high volcanic hill rises in the distance east of Dhahran.Due to the nature...

View of a wall at a ruined fort in the cliffs above Andhur spring. The walls of the fort, built from large stones, are crumbling around a white stone wall....

View of a large herd of goats crossing a grass-covered plain in Wadi Arbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a rocky peak on Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground dry bushes grow on a rocky flat.Due to the nature of these...

Group portrait of three boys in the region above the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Standing full length portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. In the foreground Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin), belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches on a carved...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a Bani Yas settlement near Radum in Liwa oasis. In the right foreground a large date palm grows in sand....

View of a square multi-storeyed adobe building surrounded by a small stand of date palms in the area surrounding the city of Abha. Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a young man from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. He is wearing herbs in his hair. A dagger is hanging from his belt. Another...

View of a Bedouin child leading a camel past a tall tree at Tawi Harian well in the Sharqiyah Sands. In the foreground a large tree grows in the sand....

View of a dhow (sailboat) under repair at the harbour in Kuwait City. On the left buildings sit along the road, on which a few people are walking. On the...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Mahra Bedouin watering camels at a well at Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Full length portrait of two young Arab men in the town of Ash Shuqaiq. In the background round straw huts with domed roofs fill the village. Due to the nature...