Thesiger Collection

View of snow-covered mountains, taken from near the top of the Kachi Kuni Pass, with two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party standing on a ledge in the foreground.Due to...

Profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel, a thoroughbred Omani camel, with Warad, the party's saluki hunting dog. Wilfred Thesiger's camel sits couched in the sand facing towards the left. She...

Group portrait of five peregrine falcons belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. Five peregrine falcons, each sitting on...

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the central foreground a low ridge is marked by a large, healthy looking bush on...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, on the upper deck of the Nile steamer Kereri, with a large number of hunting trophies (from the Western Nuer District) laid out and arranged...

A portrait of Thesiger sitting on a lion shot by him in Western Nuerland, one of forty lions he shot in southern Sudan. Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of a moran (warrior), standing, holding a spear.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were...

View of two booms (large boats, a type of dhow) moored off the beach at Kuwait, with donkeys carrying goatskins of water (brought from the Shatt al Arab) in the...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali).Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

Portrait of a youth shortly after his circumcision, wearing two black ostrich feathers in a band round his forehead to which he has fastened the stuffed skins of small birds...

Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, sitting on the ground.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

Portrait of two men.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers...

View of a caravan of Kandari nomads with loaded camels and mules, migrating from Lake Shiva above the Oxus valley back to winter pastures.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, standing, wearing Arab dress. This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self-conscious.Due to the nature of...

Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they were archived by the Pitt Rivers Museum.

Full-length group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger standing with Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan and some of their retainers in Al Ain. Six people...

View of a badan, a small dhow (sailboat) beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai. The badan is beached in the sand with its bow pointing towards ocean on the left....

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit). In the foreground a saluki hunting dog pauses in...

Portrait of the exiled Emperor Haile Selassie, standing, dressed in military uniform, talking with Wilfred Thesiger, also wearing uniform.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs...