Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, wearing Arab dress. This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self-conscious.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of the exiled Emperor Haile Selassie, standing, dressed in military uniform, talking with Wilfred Thesiger, also wearing uniform.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Portrait of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Thesiger in Arab dress in the Empty Quarter of the UAE.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in scabbard across his waist, and holding a stick in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Group portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (second from left), standing with some of his retainers, holding rifles.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain, Musallim bin Tafl, Muhammad al Auf and Salim bin Kabina.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of Ras Tafari, the Regent of Abyssinia (and later the Emperor Haile Selassie), standing, dressed in ceremonial robes and wearing a crown.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (left) with E.L. Archer, in the Western Desert.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 a rock, holding a rifle across his lap.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party (Salim bin Kabina) walking with two tethered camels in the Batin sands south of Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these...

View of a large dune in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), with Salim bin Kabina carrying fodder for his camel in the foreground.Due to the...

Sheikh Zayed with a falcon at Buraimi, 1949.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

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.