Thesiger Collection

Seated portrait of a young tribesman of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. The boy wears a khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (shirt) and an embroidered headscarf tied with...

View of a tree growing in a sand dune in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground a desiccated bush sits on the side of the dune. In...

Half length seated portrait of Bil Ghaith, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Hejaz guides, in the region of Jabal Dhahran or the Bani Malik Mountains. Bil Ghaith, a teenaged boy from...

Seated profile portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. The...

View of a suq (market) in the city of Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. In the foreground a bag and a few mounds of grain lie on the ground. Nearby two...

Side view of a kotia, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) from India, moored at Bahrain Island. A kotia sits in choppy water, its bow pointing to the right and...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party camping at a well in the Ghanim Sands during the party's journey from Khasfah well to Matki well. In the background a qaid dune, a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party at Boi well in the Jiddat al Harasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Portrait of a herds boy of the Bayt Kathir Bedouin at the Habarut wells.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of a large, ocean-going boom, a Kuwaiti built trading vessel, under repair at the harbour in Kuwait City. The boom is propped upright with wooden piles. Three men work...

Portrait of members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party men butchering a camel in the Shi'b al Raqq near the Haij well. In the foreground four men are gathered around a...

View of dunes in Al Dhafra sands of the Rub' al Khali, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey to Baynunah. In the right foreground the edges of two dunes meet in...

Full length portrait of three young Arab boys in the town of Ash Shuqaiq.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the foreground a bare branch pokes out of the side of a...

View of a Manasir Bedouin encampment near Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting camp in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the foreground two Manasir men stand...

Full length standing portrait of Salim bin Kabina, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of...

View of a dune in sands near Al Ain. The sharp crest of a sand dune stretches from the near left foreground into the right distance, and then along the...

Portrait of a man at near Umm Al Khashab. He is wearing hat made from palm fronds.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of local villagers at a settlement in Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. In the near distance a woman walks with two children across a flat sand road towards a...

View of a child walking across a large square in the city of Shibam. Tall mud buildings with small windows line the square.Due to the nature of these images, prints...