Thesiger Collection

A boy with a camel and a donkey near Seiyun.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Portrait of a Qahtan prisoner with shackles on his feet at Jallat al Mawt in Wadi Dab'ah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the central foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions leads...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in front of Al Jahili fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man in a white thobe (ankle-length shirt) walks...

View of a fort or city walls in the town of Al Qatif on the Persian Gulf coast. In the foreground two local Arab men stand in a square. Behind...

Portrait of a boy in the Wadi Hali near the village of Baydayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Half length group portrait of three boys with a toddler near the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a man of the Bayt Zabnawt lineage of Mahra Bedouin at the Habarut [Habrut] wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees growing in the Wadi al 'Arad sands. In the far background Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party rides across the sands.Due to the nature of these...

Seated portrait of two Bedouin boys from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a young man of the Humum Bedouin at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of water sellers loading their donkeys with filled water skins in front of a building in Kuwait City. At this time fresh water was imported to Kuwait by boat....

Half length portrait of two young Bedouin men, part of a camel caravan resting outside the city gates of Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Half length portrait of a boy of the Duru Bedouin taken near Wadi Samhan. The boy sits in the sand looking forward, holding one hand in front of his mouth....

View of a large, ocean-going boom, a Kuwaiti built trading vessel, under repair at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boom is propped upright with wooden piles. Three men work...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. The man...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, during their journey towards Al Humrah sands. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions walk alongside their camels...

View of Salim bin Kabina, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Humrah sands during the party's journey to Umm az Zumul. On the left Salim bin Kabina,...

Portrait of four members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands. Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand grouped around Furai well. Two of the men...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Due to the nature of these images,...