Thesiger Collection

View of a hut with a tree next to it in Baydayn village in the Wadi Hali. The hut is round with a domed roof, made from palm leaves.Due to...

Portrait of a young man of the Mahra Bedouin at Ma' Shadid well in Dhofar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on the crest of a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the distance scattered dots of...

Three-quarter length standing portrait of two Duru Bedouin boys in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Two Duru boys stand facing into the foreground. The older boy on the left wears a...

Landscape in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party making camp on a rocky plain during their journey from the Ramlat Unayq, north of Al Ain/Buraimi oasis, to Jabal Sumeini. In the foreground...

View of Shibam.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 Rivers Museum.

View of a local house in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the foreground a clay jug sits in the middle of a patch of sand, through which a young...

Wadi Baysh in flood in the foothills near Jibal ar Rayth.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a man walking inside a market (suq) in Manama on Bahrain Island. In the foreground a large patch of shade cast by an overhead canopy covers a thoroughfare....

View of a boy standing in front of a badan, a small dhow (sailboat), on Shindagha beach in Dubai. A boy sits on the gunwale of the badan wearing a...

Close up portrait of a young Arab man in Dubai. A young man stands on a Dubai street in front of a wooden door. He wears a light coloured thobe...

Portrait of a Bedouin man in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sitting on the ground in the Wadi Hawshi. The man is cutting up camel meat. Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking past a stand of trees near the wells in Wadi Shalhamit, twenty miles due west of Habarut. In the far distance low hills...

Portrait of two boys in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of Ahmed bin Ali, the Mansab of 'Aynat, standing in a crowd in the town of 'Aynat. Ahmed bin Ali stands in the centre, wearing a shawl over his...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert near Umm az Zumul well. In the central distance one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions sits on his...

Landscape showing a dry, rocking wadi bed in a tributary of the Wadi 'Aydim near Mudayy. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a tower house in the Tamniyah mountains in Shahran tribal territory. In the near distance sits a tall square house with small windows and slate tiles protruding from...

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the Wadi Hali. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al...