Thesiger Collection

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at a well during the party's journey from Jabal Buwaydah to the town of Al Qabil. Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of two Wahiba Bedouin tribesmen filling up a water skin at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of a Bedouin boy and young man from a camel caravan at Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of an abandoned building at Sabya al Jadid, the old Idrisi capital. The square building is one storey tall, and its facade is covered with carved ornamental plaster work....

Half length portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in Jizan. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from the Harb Bedouin tribe of the Wadi al Ahsabah, accompanied...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting below the ruined fort at Shisr well. The well is located at the bottom of a sink hole below the crumbling walls of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing towards the right. In...

View of a date palm grove at a salt flat (sabkha) in Liwa oasis. In the foreground a number of young date palms have been planted in rows in an...

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

Full length portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's retainers standing with a Batina camel at Al Ain oasis. On the left a thoroughbred Batina camel stands...

View of bushes growing on the lee side of a sand dune in the region between Jaladah plain and the Bani Ma'arid sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)....

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party riding camels through dry vegetation in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Four men and a boy pause on their...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Rashid in the Wadi Kidyut.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Buildings at Seiyun in the Wadi Hadhramawt. They stand at the foot of a mountain.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of stone buildings in the village of Thurayban. In the foreground a few ruined stone buildings sit at the bottom of a hill. A square one storey building sits...

Full length profile portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, standing with Ghazala ('the gazelle'), a famous thoroughbred Batina camel, during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini...

View of thick vegetation growing on a rolling flat in the region between Seiyun and Shibam in the Wadi Hadhramawt. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right. Behind...

Half length portrait of a Bedouin man, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A man wearing a...