Thesiger Collection

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's Arab guides standing on a rock atop Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. In the foreground an Arab man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party watering camels at a well at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a member of the Mutayr tribe, a retainer to the Emir of Najran, at Abha. He has a curved dagger in his belt.Due to the nature of these...

Huts and palm trees at a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a sailor mending a sail on the shore of Dubai Creek. In the left foreground a sailor sews the edge of a length of sail cloth that has...

Full length standing portrait of a boy and donkey in front of a house wall in Sharjah. A teenage boy stands to the left of his donkey in front of...

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers at Al Muwaiji Fort. A man in a light-coloured thobe (long shirt) and a patterned ghutra (headscarf) kneels...

View of a fisherman and boy on Shindagha beach in Dubai. A fisherman and a boy stand together beside a large water barrel sitting on the sand. Behind them, on...

View of a tent at a Manasir encampment in Baynunah sands. In the foreground camel droppings litter the sand in front of a large tent in the midst of a...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting under a tree west of the Hamrat ad Duru region. In the foreground one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions stands beside a tall...

View of men and camels standing near houses in Abu Dhabi. Two men and three camels stand in an open sandy area in front of a number of 'arish huts...

View of a group of locals at a well in the town of Qalat Bishah. A large group of Arab men and boys stands next to a well covered with...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys assembled for a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. Many of the participants are holding long sticks and wear garlands of herbs in...

View of a city square in the city of Jeddah. A few people walk through the square, which is framed by two storey buildings and a line of single storey...

View of buildings lining the shore of Dubai Creek. In the foreground a moored dhow (sailboat) sits in the middle of Dubai Creek. On the shore behind it a large,...

View of a crowd of shoppers and traders from the 'Amara tribe at the Suq ath Thulutha market. In the foreground people stand with cows.Due to the nature of these...

View of a j?lb?t [jalboot], a small type of dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The j?lb?t flies one sail from its single mast...

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Three men perch on a section of the main yard that sits between...

Full length sanding portrait of an Arab falconer, a member of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, in the Al Ain / Buraimi oasis. The falconer stands in...

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands, near Al Ain. A man sits on a mound of sand. His hands rest together on his...