Thesiger Collection

View of two tall multi-storey buildings in the Wadi Hadhramawt near Seiyun. The building on the right has been decorated with ornamental lime plaster.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the Wadi Thu'ayt. In the central foreground a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides rest in the sand in the shade of...

Full length portrait of two Arab men in front of a rock wall in the city of Sawda. The man on the left is wearing a long straight dagger (jambiya...

Portrait of two Sahul Bedouin boys sitting in front of a tent at one of the Rumah wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting in the Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of Salim bin Tamtaim, a leader in Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well. Salim bin Tamtaim,...

Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking in the region above Wadi Kidyut, west of Sarif wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of two boys of the Manahil Bedouin at Fughmah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

At the well in Umm al Khashab. A boy sitting on the donkey. The donkey is also carrying two large pottery vessels used for fetching water.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party in camp in the Wadi al 'Ayn. On the left Hamad, a Mahra retainer of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan and one of Wilfred...

View of Bani Malik tribesmen walking between market booths at the Suq as Sabt [Saturday market] in the Bani Malik Mountains. Due to the nature of these images, prints will...

View of Sultan bin Ahmad, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, posing next to a tumulus burial mound at Mudayy. Sultan bin Ahmad, a tribesman of the Sh'asha lineage...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at the well of Manwakh. The boy is standing in front of the well. Behind him a crowd of people and animals...

Side view of three booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. The booms are moored in calm water rippled by gentle...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands. Two groups of Bedouin men and camels walk along a low dune ridge in a vast desert...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the lower Wadi 'Aydim.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived...

Portrait of an Arab boy in the Wadi Amq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Standing portrait of Wilfred Thesiger wearing Arab dress in Dubai. Wilfred Thesiger stands on the rooftop terrace of a house in Dubai, turned towards the left. He leans on the...

Half length standing portrait of two Sahul Bedouin boys at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh. Two Sahul Bedouin boys stand together with their arms linked. They are facing...

Portrait of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels through the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well.Due to the nature of...