Thesiger Collection

Portrait of three boys near Abha.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...

Close up portrait of Wilfred Thesiger wearing Arab dress in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger stands on the rooftop terrace of a house in Dubai, looking towards the near right distance. He...

View of reeds growing in a pool in the Wadi Darbat. Bushes and trees grow around the pool. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

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

The fort at Najran.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...

View of volcanic landscape in the Bani Hilal tribal area near Jabal Sharif.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of a group of men couching their camels near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. In the left foreground a man walks with his camel towards a large group...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the region between Ghayl bin Yumayn and Wadi 'Arf. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a boy 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...

View of a party of Bayt Kathir Bedouin men at Qafa well in the Wadi 'Aydim. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Group portrait of two boys standing in a crowd of Arab men and boys assembled for a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. The boys are wearing garlands of herbs...

View of a Bedouin man, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, trekking across dunes in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the near distance...

A large building at Seiyun. It has several storeys and is built from white and dark stone. It has decorative railings along the roof edges. A wall is in front...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. Five members of Wilfred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground members of Wilfred Thesiger's party walk with their grazing camels through vegetation growing in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi Haluf near Haluf well. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides rest with their camels at the bottom of a steep-sided ravine in...

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

Portrait of two boys of the Mahra Bedouin at a well in Wadi Shalhamit.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of two boys standing in front of a small dhow (sailboat) beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai. Two boys stand holding hands in front of a beached dhow in...

Group portrait of four Sahul Bedouin boys at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. In the foreground four Sahul Bedouin boys relax together in sand littered with camel droppings....