Thesiger Collection

View of a woman walking along on a street in the city of Dubai. A woman in black carries a basket on her head past houses lining a Dubai street....

View of the wall of a large building in the city of Shibam. The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window screens and painted decorations cover the plaster walls.Due...

Standing full length portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, near Al Qabil at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)....

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. A man...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Liwa oasis, with a round stone watch-tower in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

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 the door to the prison in Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai. A man leans against a ledge beside the door to the Dubai's...

View of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Full length portrait of Ali, a young Iranian sailor, on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. A twelve-year-old sailor sits in the sun on a wooden yard...

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...

Half-length standing portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan outside Qasr Al Hosn fort in Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands in front of two cannons...

View of an interior room in a tower house in the town of Qalat Bishah. The floor walls of the room are painted with patterns and stripes, and the floor...

View of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party gathering water from a well in the Wadi Halfayn. Three camels wait on the right.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of an Omani man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's bodyguards, near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. An Arab man, a retainer to the Wali of Salalah, stands to...

Portrait of a young Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a man in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man and a...

Portrait of a young Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan and a man in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man and a...

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...

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan sitting in front of a tent with Tahnun bin Muhammad and two boys.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of tents at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's encampment at Buraimi, with a tree at the left of the image, and the (the mountain) Jebel Hafit visible in...