Thesiger Collection

View of Al Shada Palace and other buildings in the city of Abha. In the foreground a vast expanse of bare sand leads to a cluster of stone and adobe...

The market at Abha with buildings in the background.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

Seated portrait of two young boys of the Al Nahyan family sitting in the sand in Al Ain. The two boys kneel next to each other in the sand, each...

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger with the Imam of Oman's representative in Al Muwaiji near Al Muwaiji Fort in Al Ain oasis. The Imam of Oman's representative, who accompanied Wilfred...

View of a people from the Humaydah tribe watering goats, sheep and donkeys at a well in the region between Suq ath Thulutha and Wadi Hali. Due to the nature...

Side view of a boom, a large double masted dhow (sailboat) built in Kuwait, in the Persian Gulf between Dubai Emirate and Bahrain Island. The boom flies three sails, the...

View of an abra (ferry boat) launch at Dubai Creek. In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra filled with passengers. Behind the abra a line of ferries are...

Houses in Jeddah. They have several storeys, and some have balconies. In front of some windows are wooden screens.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...

Profile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha and Salim bin Kabina, two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions, standing on a rock outcrop in Ras Al Khaimah Emirate. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a...

Seated half length portrait of a boy of the Rashid Bedouin taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his party's journey from Al Ain to Liwa oasis, likely in the region of...

Portrait of Muhammad bin Fadil, a falconer in Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, sitting on a camel with a peregrine falcon on his arm in the Al...

Full-length group portrait of Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan standing with two other boys from the Al Nahyan family in Al Ain. All three boys stand in a line....

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, holding a rifle across his shoulders. This photograph was taken by Omar Ibrahim, Thesiger's Somali headman on his Awash expedition.Due to the nature of these...

View of Haile Salassie, standing beneath a canopy, wearing his State Crown and holding an orb and sceptre, on the day of his coronation as Emperor of Abyssinia.Due to the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's expedition party setting out from the Awash Station at the start of his 1933-4 Awash expedition.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Lake Turkana (formerly called Lake Rudolf) seen from its southern end near Teleki's volcano, with a man standing, holding a spear, on a rocky plain in the foreground.Due...

Portrait of a Turkana elder wearing a feather headdress, large metal nose ornament, and beaded and metal jewellery around his neck and arms.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

View of four people in a tarada (sheikh's canoe), three of whom are standing holing poling sticks.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

View of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, feeing a peregrine falcon with the brains of a bustard which it has killed.Due to the nature...

Portrait of a man, sitting on the ground, wearing a bandolier, smoking a pipe.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...