Thesiger Collection

View of a young Arab boy threshing grain with two harnessed camels in the countryside surrounding Seiyun. The camels are dragging weights across the crop, which is laid out on...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party butchering an Arabian oryx in the Wadi Katabit. This oryx was likely shot by Muhammad bin Shuas, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

View of a rocky peak on Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. In the foreground a large tree grows on a rocky flat.Due to the nature of...

View of a square, two storey watchtower in the Wadi al Jiz' near its junction with Wadi Mahrat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of dhows (sailboats) sitting along the shore in Dubai Creek. On the right large numbers of men load cargo onto moored dhows, while nearby cargo is piled on the...

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers in Al Ain. The man half-kneels in sandy ground, leaning against a rifle under his right arm. He...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. Due to the nature of...

View of a Bedouin family and Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels and goats at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. In the foreground a number of goats crowd together. Behind...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree west of the Hamrat ad Duru region. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stands beside a tall...

View of a tree growing on a sand dune in the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of people herding cows on a grass-covered plain in Wadi Arbat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Portrait of a boy of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a peregrine falcon (shahin) with its prey, a MacQueen's Bustard (houbara), in the sands surrounding Al Ain. A peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Wadi Umm al Hayt. Despite a twenty-five year drought, desiccated plants are still growing in the wadi.Due to the nature of these...

View of lush vegetation in a date palm grove in the town of Al Hofuf in Al Hasa Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

A hut in Majamah village in Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Standing profile portrait of Musallim bin Al Kamam, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on a dune beside a salt flat in Liwa oasis. Musallim bin Al Kamam, a...

View of dhows (sailboats) being repaired on the waterfront in the coastal city of Jizan. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Half length portrait of Hamad, member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Hamad, a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Two camels are grazing on an abal [Calligonum comosum] bush. A...