Thesiger Collection

Portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides with a camel at Haluf well in the Wadi Haluf near Haluf well. In the left foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides...

View of desert landscape in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the central foreground a clump of vegetation clings to the side of a sloping sand dune. In the distance...

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. In the foreground a group of sailors stand in two lines beneath the...

View of a village in the region between 'Aqabat ash Sha'ar pass and the city of Abha. In the foreground gravestones sit in a graveyard surrounded by trees. In the...

Portrait of a young man of the Harasis Bedouin in the Jiddat al Harasis at Boi well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Half length standing portrait of a Baluchi porter, from Iran, in Dubai. A middle-aged man with a moustache and stubbly beard stands facing forward, his head turned to the right....

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a house with a large wind tower (barjeel) in Dubai. On the left high stacks of coral sit in front of a large coral building. On the right...

View of water channels at an oasis on Bahrain Island. Two water channels run from the near left foreground into the central distance. The channels are separated by a thin...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through in the desert during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Portrait of a man carrying a small child on his shoulder on the street in Dubai. An Arab man with a grey beard stands in front of a stucco wall....

View of a few leafy trees growing in a field near the village of Al Makhwah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Full length portrait of a boy and a young man of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling to the Bani Yas settlement of Jayf in Liwa oasis. Two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of...

Group portrait of Utaybah Bedouin at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells. This photograph was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near Jiddah. Due to the...

Distant view of a camel belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's party grazing in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). The camel is walking across a large expanse...

Seated profile portrait of a boy from one of the Qara tribes in Wadi Nihiz in the Jabal Qara mountains. A young boy sits in a field facing towards the...

Full length portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin standing on a rock in the Raydat as Say'ar. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Half length portrait of a herds boy of the Rashid Bedouin in the sands near Al Ain. The boy sits in the sand, holding one hand in front of his...