Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a boy from the Bani Malik tribe in the upper Wadi Damad. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of a woman sitting on a platform at the harbour in Kuwait City. On the right large ocean-going dhows (sailboats) are beached on the shore.Due to the nature of...

Half length portrait of a man in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the right background another man stands nearby in the street. Due to the nature of...

View of a group of farmers using teams of donkeys to thresh hay on a farm outside the city of Tarim. The donkeys are being driven over the hay, which...

View of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees growing in sands at the western end of the Wadi Mughshin. A low rolling sand dune sits in the foreground. In the left background...

Portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a palm grove in Liwa oasis. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, stands in the centre...

View of tower houses in the town of Badr. The buildings are multi-storeyed and made from rammed earth. They have small windows.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Portrait of a boy at the village of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party stopping to allow the camels to graze in the Sharqiyah Sands. A few ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees grow in the sand.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Wadi 'Andam. On the left a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin, wearing a white wraparound skirt, stands...

Portrait of a teenaged boy of the Mahra Bedouin in the region between Wadi Khawat and Wadi Shu'ayt.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Half length portrait of Muhammad bin Al Jabari, a guide in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, taken during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Muhammad bin Al...

View overlooking a broad section of the Wadi 'Aydim. The near rock wall of the wadi is visible in the right foreground. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of the coastline of the city of Al Mukalla. In the foreground a boat sits on the beach, while just beyond a few boats sit on the water. In...

Portrait of a man holding a stick standing in a crowd of people at the Suq al Khamis [Thursday market] in the town of Najran.Due to the nature of these...

Seated profile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim...

Portrait of a group of Yam children taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr. On the right camels graze in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party taking a rest on sandy ground in a wadi north of the town of Al-Saum.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

Close up portrait of a curly haired boy of the Mahamid lineage of Duru Bedouin, taken in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. The boy is the son...