Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of two tribesmen of the Manasir Bedouin at their encampment in the Baynunah sands. On the left a teenaged boy sits in front of a large thick bush...

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...

View of sand dunes in the region between the Wadi al 'Ayn and the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). A few dots of vegetation grow on the dunes.Due to the...

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...

View of a woman walking along on a street in the city of Dubai. A woman in black carries a basket on her head past houses lining a Dubai street....

View of the wall of a large building in the city of Shibam. The building's windows are filled with carved wooden window screens and painted decorations cover the plaster walls.Due...

View of a narrow street in Fez.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by...

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 one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party's camels in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a man, sitting on a chair made with ibex horns.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of a palm tree, with mountains in the distance.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...

View of a street in Saiwun, with a palm tree in the foreground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

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,...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and four sheikhs, including Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan (second from right), the ruler of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View through the Siq gorge of the rock-cut façade of the Al-Khazna (Treasury) at Petra.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of people at a souk (market) in Fez.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of the door to the prison in Al Fahidi fort in the Bastakiya quarter of old Dubai. A man leans against a ledge beside the door to the Dubai's...