Thesiger Collection

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a group of large and small dhows are beached together in shallow water in Dubai Creek. Behind them in...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the foreground the crest of a low, wind-rippled dune rises in a...

View of a walled palm grove in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. On the left a large date palm grove is enclosed by a high mud wall. Grass grows at along...

Half-length portrait of a man, a retainer of the Al Nahyan sheikhs, standing in front of a tent near Al Ain, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Abu Dhabi to...

View of an empty city square in the city of Jeddah. A few goats walk through the square, which is framed by a number of large multi-story buildings with small...

Close view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. Two small dhows sit alongside a moored boom, a type of large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait,...

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party cooking in camp during their journey from Al Ain to Liwa, likely in the region of Al Humrah sands. Three men...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through Al Dhafra sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Dhibi well to Al Batin sands. Two of...

Houses in Jeddah. Balconies with carved wooden screens in front of the windows.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin at a Manasir encampment in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. An older man with a long bushy grey beard...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding a camel through the Wadi Sayfam. In the foreground a Bedouin man rides a camel beside a large tree growing...

View of beached dhows (sailboats) and a dhow sailing in Dubai Creek. In the foreground the bow of a beached dhow sits on the shore. In the distance beyond a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside a dune in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions unsaddle the party's camels beside a large...

View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. Across an expanse of flat water buildings with one and two storey wind towers (barjeel) sit along the far side...

View of people walking down a crowded street in Kuwait City. Single storey buildings line both sides of the street.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of locals from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market. In the foreground donkey drinks from a trough at an open air market. A line of shops...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions standing in front of Al Jahili fort in Al Ain. In the foreground a man in a white thobe (ankle-length shirt) walks...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the foreground a young man sits on the wooden skeleton of a scavenged dhow. In the creek behind large and small...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through Al Khatam sands during their return journey to Al Ain. In the foreground two of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions sit on...

Portrait of a trained peregrine falcon and a thoroughbred Omani camel, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In...