Thesiger Collection

View of pottery sellers at the market in Umm al Khashab village in the Wadi Baysh. In the foreground traders stand amongst a large number of pottery vessels lying on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of a large building in the city of Shibam. Railings and spires run along the roof edges of the building. The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window...

View towards Al Ain from the top of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. The high limestone cliffs of Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] slope from the near left foreground down to...

View of 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 damage that occurred before...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the right. The...

Portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin at a well in the region surrounding Kuwait City. The boy is slightly bent over from the weight of the rope in...

Portrait of Sultan bin Ahmad, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, posing above the Wadi 'Aydim. Sultan bin Ahmad, a tribesman of the Sh'asha lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin,...

Standing portrait of Awad bin Khazai, a sheikh of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from...

Portrait of a young man of the Bani Malik tribe resting at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. He is wearing herbs in his hair.Due...

View of tower houses in the town of Badr. The buildings are multi-storeyed and made from rammed earth. They have small windows.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Full length portrait of an Arab man standing in front of stepped stone buildings in Sawda village. The man is wearing his dagger (jambiya or khanjar) in a horizontal manner...

Profile portrait of a boy of the Qara tribe in the Wadi Darbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a boy with two toddlers from the Utaybah Bedouin standing on a vast barren plan in the region near the Rumah wells.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions standing with two camels in a gravelly wadi bed in the Wadi Tayyah, near 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of people collecting water from a well in Ad Darb. In the foreground a man and a boy stand beside a donkey carrying large clay water jugs. Behind them,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between oases in Liwa oasis. In the central foreground a man in a dark cloak, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin travelling companions,...

View of people relaxing on a hillside above Wadi Arbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of a field, houses and a fort in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. Large leafed shrubs grow on a sandy, grass-covered field in the foreground. An 'arish (palm...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Qafa pool in Wadi 'Aydim. Men stand with their camels along the shore of a large pool of water. In...