Thesiger Collection

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 Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, lying on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, holding a rifle over his shoulder, with the camel (named Ghazala) which he rode during his second crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due...

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.

A palm grove at Ghayl bin Yamayn.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

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...

Full length portrait of Muhammad bin Kalut, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting on a gravel plain during his journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. He is holding a camel stick and...

Side view of a distant boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails,...

View of a group of loaded camels belonging to a family of Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. All the camels wear saddles and are heavily...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin and one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground in the Wadi al...

Four men and a boy sitting inside a house in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. A hearth with a row of...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Patrick Thesiger in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. Wilfred Thesiger kneels in the sand, holding a camel stick in one hand which is...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting with their camels on a sand flat in the Jiddat az Zawliyah, east of the Ramlat as Sahmah.Due to the nature of these images,...

Half length seated portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, in the region surrounding Al Ain / Buraimi Oasis. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

View of a herd of camels drinking from a pool at Boi well. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Seated portrait of two tribesmen of the Manasir Bedouin at their encampment in the Baynunah sands. On the left a teenaged boy sits in front of a large thick bush...

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...

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...