Thesiger Collection

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...

View of water sellers loading imported water onto donkeys in the harbour in Kuwait City. In the right foreground a line of dhows (sailboats) stretches along the shore. On the...

View of a large building, possibly a palace, in the city of Seiyun. The palace is several storeys high and has small, rectangular windows. It is decorated with lime plaster.Due...

View of the Shindagha district from Dubai Creek at sunset. In the near distance a man walks across shallow water towards a man in a rowboat waiting on the right....

View of the stone watchtower at Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the near distance a tall circular stone watchtower sits in the middle of...

View of a busy street in Kuwait. In the foreground locals stroll through a shaded street. In the background the minaret of a mosque sits on the right side of...

A street in Jeddah. A row of houses with several storeys and balconies. The roofs are flat.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Side view of a 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, the...

View of the rear of a j?lb?t [jalboot], a small type of dhow (sailboat), in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. A small rowboat is moored alongside...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in the Al Khatam sands south of Al Ain, on their journey towards Al Humrah sands. In the foreground a few tufts of vegetation...

View of the rocky cliffs of Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit) near Al Ain / Buraim oasis. In the foreground scattered clumps of vegetation dot a sand flat lying below the...

View of a courtyard inside a house in Dubai. Square arches form a long canopy in front of a line of rooms flanking a wide empty courtyard. Both the courtyard...

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions resting under a tree in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the near distance two men sit beneath a large tree in...

Seated portrait of a boy from the Humaydah tribe crouching in front of a hut in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali.Due to the nature of these...

View of water channels at an oasis on Bahrain Island. Two water channels run from the near foreground into the central distance. The channels are separated by a thin line...

Seated portrait of an Arab man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. The man, a...