Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken by an unknown photographer in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Wilfred Thesiger sits in the sand, resting his arm on his...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across a vast flat desert during their journey from the lower Wadi Shihan to Shisr well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, riding a camel in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. In the...

View of a sabkha, salt flat, dotted with haran, salt bush, in the Ramlat as Sahmah. In the background a large dune is visible along the horizon.Due to the nature...

Close up portrait of Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting in camp near the Wadi Samhan. Alaiwa bin Lutaiya, a tribesman of the Marakhin lineage...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Mahra Bedouin taken in the region between Wadi Khawat and Wadi Shu'ayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Close up portrait of Salim bin Ham, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers, leaning against a mud wall at Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. The...

Portrait of sailors rowing a dhow on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers. A number of men sit on the gunwale of...

View out across trees and bushes growing in Wadi Andhur at Andhur spring. Camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party wander in the wadi bed in search of grazing.Due to...

Half length portrait of two Bedouin boys, part of a camel caravan resting outside the city gates of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of a peregrine falcon (shahin) killing its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. In the foreground a peregrine falcon, which belongs to Sheikh Zayed...

View of rocky hillsides dotted with sparse vegetation in a wadi near the village of As Sayl al Kabir.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of a teenaged Arab boy on the beach in Kuwait City. In the background dhows (sailboats) and other small craft are beached in the sand. Due to the nature...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Kuwait City harbour at sunset. In the left foreground a boom, a large Kuwaiti-built trading vessel, sits in the sand on the shore. Further...

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

Profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, standing in the midst of a camp during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat...

View of Wahiba Bedouin at Buraymah well in the Wadi Halfayn. In the foreground a large herd of dark coloured goats crowd around a well, around which a number of...

Half length portrait of two 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 that...

View of limestone cliffs atop Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground a steep wall of limestone slopes from a low area at the bottom left to a high...