Thesiger Collection

Portrait of two Arab sailors changing the sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Two men perch on a sail yard, below...

View of a bush growing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Wall and tower of the fort at Najran.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Close up profile portrait, taken in the sands near Al Ain, of a thoroughbred female batina camel Wilfred Thesiger owned in 1950. The camel faces towards the left (only its...

View of five members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across low dunes in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions ride camels across...

Portrait of a boy at a well in a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Half length group portrait of three Arab boys in Wadi Yiba or Wadi Hali.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 through the region of the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions lead their camels down a windswept dune. Clusters of small trees...

View of a large adobe building in the city of Tarim. It is a tall square building with some lower extensions, and it stands alongside a long wall. In the...

View of an Arab man standing in a field of waist high grain in the city of Seiyun. In the distance beyond the Sultan Al Kathiri Palace rises high above...

Portrait of two boys of the Manahil Bedouin sitting on the ground in Sih Rabagh, near Huliyah well. The boys' cockscomb hair styles show that they have not yet undergone...

Wilfred Thesiger's party at Mudayy.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...

Street in Shibam with tall houses. Camels are couched in the street.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of landscape in the Wadi Hadhramawt between Seiyun and Tarim. Palm trees and other trees grow in the wadi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a Bedouin camel caravan resting outside the city of Al Mukalla. In the foreground a few people stand in the sand amongst resting camels. In the far left...

Half length portrait of three Arab boys standing together in the Wadi Yiba.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Mountain landscape at Jallat al Mawt.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...

View of beached and moored dhows (sailboats) at the beach in Kuwait City. On the left a man makes repairs to a dhow beached in shallow water. Nearby a rowboat...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a flag flies from a moored boat. In the distance dhows are moored along the shore of Dubai...

Seated portrait of a Bedouin tribesman and a boy in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. A Bedouin man sits in the sand with a young boy. The man wears a...