Thesiger Collection

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...

Side view of two booms, large double masted dhows (sailboats) built in Kuwait, moored along the shore of Bahrain Island. Two booms, one in the central foreground and one further...

Half length portrait of a herds boy of the Rashid Bedouin in the sands near Al Ain. The boy sits in the sand, looking towards the near right. A few...

View of sailors hoisting sails on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. In the foreground a group of sailors stand on deck in two lines in front...

View of Sa'ar Bedouin watering at Manwakh well. A young child wearing a shell and bead skirt stands in the foreground. Behind the child a crowd of people using ropes...

View of locals at a suq (market) in the city of Sharjah. Two boys stand in the far left foreground. Behind them, four men stand facing an 'arish hut and...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering their camels at Hanun well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in Al Dhafra sands during the party's journey to Baynunah. In the foreground small clumps of vegetation grow on a stretch...

Portrait of a boy of the Sa'ar Bedouin at Manwakh well.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Close up portrait of two boys at a well near the town of Al Qunfidhah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of two of young men of the Bayt Gidad lineage of Bayt Kathir Bedouin sitting on a hillside in Wadi Arbat. The young man on the left is Suhail...

Standing portrait of an Arab woman in hills near the town of Qalat Bishah. She is carrying a child on her back, a lamb in her arm and holds a...