Thesiger Collection

Standing full length portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al...

Portrait of an Omani man, one of Wilfred Thesiger's bodyguards, near Kismim Pass in the Jabal Qara mountains. An Arab man, a retainer to the Wali of Salalah, stands to...

Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Abdullah of the Al Essa tribe, with a group of people gathered outside.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of men and women dancing after a circumcision ceremony.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

View of houses with wind towers in Dubai. A number of flat-roofed houses sit in the foreground. In the distance beyond a large two storey house is topped with a...

The ruins at Petra.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...

View of cultivated land in the Alamut valley ('Valley of the Assassins'), taken from the elevated site of the castle (now destroyed) at Alamut.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of tents at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's encampment at Buraimi, with a tree at the left of the image, and the (the mountain) Jebel Hafit visible in...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, standing, holding a saker falcon on his left arm.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan with a saker falcon.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

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 Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the plains below Hamrat ad Duru, during the party's journey from Masruq well to Al Hubi village. Members of Wilfred Thesiger's...

Landscape at Fughmah. A wadi with some water and vegetation. Mountains rising up on both sides.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

At Umm al Khashab. A boy sitting on a donkey. A donkey foal is following behind.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of...

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 boy in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya. He is playing a flute.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of dhows (sailboats) moored at the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background large square buildings line the shoreline.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Qafa pool in Wadi 'Aydim. In the foreground is a large patch of dry, cracked mud. Further beyond members of...