Thesiger Collection

View of sailors preparing to hoist sails on a dhow (sailboat) travelling through the Persian Gulf from Dubai to Bahrain Island. A group of sailors stand in two lines on...

Portrait of a trained peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party with its prey, a hare, in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A...

Half length portrait of two Utaybah Bedouin boys and a small child at Al Qaiyah or Ad Dafinah wells, taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from Marat village to Burayman, near...

Standing full length portrait of a young man with a cow at an oasis on Bahrain Island. A young man wearing a ghutra (headscarf) and a wraparound skirt stands in...

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the Wadi Madi on the journey to Al Mukalla.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

View of trees and vegetation growing in the Jabal Qara mountains near the summit of Kismim Pass. In the foreground trees grow on a rolling mountain slope. In the distance...

Landscape in the Bani Malik Mountains near the Yemen border.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they...

Group portrait of a crowd of men and boys standing at the suq (market) in the village of Al Makhwah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a middle-aged man of the Wahiba Bedouin at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...

Portrait of two Arab men repairing the prow of a dhow (sailboat) in the harbour in Kuwait City. In the background a large dhow sits alongside a breakwater in the...

Portrait of a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party. This portrait was taken in the region between Wadi Rahnah...

Portrait of a man and two boys of the Wahiba Bedouin standing at a well in the Sharqiyah Sands. The two boys are standing on the left, waiting as the...

View of scattered vegetation growing on sand dunes in the Ramlat as Sahmah. In the distance beyond the dunes a vast flat stretches into the distance, where a further set...

Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp in a wadi near Mudayy. A caper tree is growing in the left background. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party making camp near Al Hubi village. Three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions work alongside a group of camels couched in the sand. The man on...

Portrait of a boy and a young man in the town of Umm al Khashab. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of livestock traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. A large crowd of traders moves amongst the cows and donkeys standing in the street. In...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling from the Khawr bin 'Atarit well in the Ghanim Sands to the Ramlat al Ghafah.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through desert sands during the party's journey from the Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting with their camels in the region between the settlement of Badr and the town of Khamis Mushait. Trees on the right and mountains...