Thesiger Collection

Portrait of a young man from the village of Umm al Khashab.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

Seated portrait of the sheikh of Al Hubi village. The shiekh of Al Hubi, an older Arab man with a grey beard, crouches in the sand in front of a...

View of people at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. People walk through a crowded street lined with market traders sitting at makeshift stalls. Square stone buildings...

View of cattle grazing on a farmer's field in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of locals watering cows and donkeys at a well near the village of Thurayban.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Three-quarter length standing portrait of a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin at Furai well in Sharqiyah Sands.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of salt bushes growing on a flat in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the foreground two large salt bushes grow in an area...

At Sabya. A boy with a donkey. The donkey is carrying several large pottery vessels. Other children behind him.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the right foreground a Bedouin man stands on the slope of a dune. In...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party standing on a hillside in a wadi near the well of Ma' Shadid.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of Muhammad al Auf and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's party sitting side by side on a gravel plain during the party's journey between Yisub well and Wadi Darbat....

Group portrait of five men and a boy of the Bin Maaruf lineage of Sa'ar Bedouin sitting on the ground at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking through the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. The party, made up of tribesmen of the Bayt Imani lineage of...

View of farmers' fields in the Al Ghamid tribal region between the villages of Al Makhwah and Thurayban. In the background a ridge of high mountains rises in the distance.Due...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party watering camels at Khasfah well in the Ramlat Khasfah. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of fields of crops in Wadi Baysh. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Full length standing portrait of a tea boy in Dubai. A boy wearing a collared shirt and a wraparound skirt stands on a street corner holding a silver tray on...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under trees at Jabal Buwaydah, a long low mountain below Jebel Kawr. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's party rest in the shade beneath large trees...

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,...