Thesiger Collection

View of the creek at Dubai. On the near side are low huts made from reeds. On the far side are buildings with wind-towers. Boats are on the creek and...

Portrait of a man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in a scabbard across his waist, holding a block on...

Portrait of a young woman (named Matara), the sister of Amara bin Thuqub, one of Wilfred Thesiger's canoe-boys; she is wearing bracelets on her arms and wrists, and has tattoos...

Portrait of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, standing.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of terraced and cultivated fields, with mountains in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

Portrait of a moran (warrior), standing, wearing a lion's mane headdress.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...

View of the town of Ras Al Khaimah. In the foreground a boy with a donkey walks across a sandy plain dotted two stands of trees. The plain is bordered...

View of an abra (ferry boat) approaching a launch on Dubai Creek. In the foreground an oarsman rows a covered abra, in which one passenger is standing. Behind it a...

View of a man leading three camels across Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. In the foreground man wades through shallow water, leading three camels behind...

Portrait of Thesiger in Arab dress in the Empty Quarter of the UAE.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Interior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Yahyah bin Haji Yasin of the Bani Hatcham tribe, with a man standing at the coffee hearth.Due to the nature of...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in scabbard across his waist, and holding a stick in his right hand.Due to the nature of these images,...

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Batin sands south of Liwa oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Group portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (second from left), standing with some of his retainers, holding rifles.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain, Musallim bin Tafl, Muhammad al Auf and Salim bin Kabina.Due to the nature of these...

Portrait of a young man, sitting on a chair, wearing a plaited conical hat (typical of the Tihama region of Yemen), smoking a water-pipe.Due to the nature of these images,...

View of a man leading two camels across Al Maqta, a ford between Abu Dhabi and the mainland. On the left a man wades through shallow water, leading two camels...

Portrait of Ras Tafari, the Regent of Abyssinia (and later the Emperor Haile Selassie), standing, dressed in ceremonial robes and wearing a crown.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (left) with E.L. Archer, in the Western Desert.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before...