Thesiger Collection

View of a woman building a house.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

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.

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.

View of the Swat River flowing down a valley, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

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.

Portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel in the Wadi 'Andam. The rider is the party's guide, a tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin. In the...

View of a ruined watchtower on the shore in the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground fishing nets are spread out to dry on the sand. On the...

A view of a man driving a cow to draw water from a well in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the foreground a well topped with a wooden frame...

A house in Jeddah. Balconies with carved wooden screens are in front of the windows of each storey.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

A house near the summit at Jabal Fayfa. The house has been built in several sections onto the mountainside. To the right are two small round towers.Due to the nature...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with a falcon in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Wilfred Thesiger sits on a cloth in the left foreground, beside a hooded peregrine falcon...

Seated group portrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions taken during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy. In the background Abdullah bin Misad, a tribesman of the Rashid...

Portrait of Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan on a dhow (sailboat) in the Abu Dhabi islands. Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan stands on a sailboat, holding on to...

Seated portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of the Rashid...

View overlooking the rooftops of buildings in the city of Shibam.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions making camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. Four men sit in a semicircle beside a cloth tent erected against a low rock...

View of a j?lb?t [jalboot], a small type of dhow (sailboat)in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The j?lb?t flies one sail from its single mast and...

View of dhows (sailboats) in Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a boy sits on a pile of coral lying in shallow water. In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat)...

View of the skyline of Jeddah.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...

View of camels resting at low tide at Dubai Creek in the Shindagha district. In the near distance a large group of camels are couched in the sand. In the...