Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, kneeling on the ground, in Arab dress.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, and Erope, squatting, holding a rifle, with a river in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party (Salim bin Kabina and Amair) riding camels in the desert north of Buraimi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Group portrait of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (left), the ruler of Abu Dhabi, standing with two of his retainers.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Thesiger. Thesiger has a dagger in his belt, and Salim bin Ghabaisha is holding a rifle.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of Lawi, a young Samburu man wearing a black skin cloak and tufted hair style, identifying him as currently undergoing the initiation ceremony.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a youth (named Lawi Leboyare) after his circumcision, sitting, decorated with red ochre paint on his face and around his shoulders.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of Thesiger and Salim bin Kalut at Salala at the start of the journey to Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and two members of his travelling party: Muhammad bin Kalut and Sultan.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Group portrait of members of the Duke of Gloucester's delegation for the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie, standing on the steps in front of the new British Legation building in...

Portrait of Sheikh Khalat, sitting; he is wearing an Arab style of dress common among the Yazidis of Jabal Sinjar.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a man (named Muhammad bin al Jabari), one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Thesiger in Oman, wearing Arab dress.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and four sheikhs, including Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (second from right), the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of sheikhs at Abu Dhabi. In the centre is Shakhbut bin Sultan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Close-up profile portrait of Lawi, a young Samburu man, taken shortly after his circumcision. He still wear the black skin cloak and has also been adorned with woman's earrings and...

View of two boys (named Musallim bin Anauf and Said bin Kabina, the younger brother of Salim bin Kabina), members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, sitting on the ground, tending...