Thesiger Collection

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, sitting astride a saddled camel, holding a peregrine falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party leading three laden camels across the Muqta to Abu Dhabi island, with a round stone watch-tower in the distance.Due to the...

View of a street, with a palm tree prominent and a man in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View from Wadi Saifam of (the mountain) Jabal Kaur, with (the mountain) Jabal al Akhdar at the right of the image, and a man standing in the foreground.Due to the...

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, with a saluki hunting dog in the Hamra sands near Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of a man, crouching on rocks, hunting bear in the mountains above Rust, with snow-covered mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of trees bending in the strong winds of a gale.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin...

Standing full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al...

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Abdullah of the Al Essa tribe, with a group of people gathered outside.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Full length profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The man stands facing...

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.

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 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. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's...

Landscape at Fughmah. A wadi with some water and vegetation. Mountains rising up on both sides.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

At Umm al Khashab. A boy sitting on a donkey. A donkey foal is following behind.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of...

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.