Thesiger Collection

Half length standing portrait of a tribesman of the Junuba Bedouin near Al Hubi village. The man stands facing towards the near right. He has a goatee beard and wears...

View of small dhows (sailboats) and other small craft beached along the shore at the harbour in Kuwait City. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Seated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party, on his camel in the region surrounding Liwa oasis. Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba...

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's guides in a valley on Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit] mountain. A man wearing a thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf) stands in a dry...

View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in the Wadi 'Andam, possibly Al Jiza well. On the left Salim bin Kabina, a tribesman of the...

Men of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party around a campfire. One is stirring in a pot on the fire.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hawking party packing and loading camels in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. In the central foreground a man adjusts the load on a...

View of a large sand dune in the Al Qafa' or As Saruq region north of Liwa oasis. A large dune with deeply ridged slopes and a crescent-shaped crest fills...

Portrait of an elderly man of the Yam tribe at the settlement of Badr. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party camping in the desert during the party's journey from Shisr well to Mughshin Oasis.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any...

Portrait of a boy standing in front of a dhow (sailboat) at Al Ma'ala harbour in the city of Aden. The boy is carrying a basket. Behind him the boat...

View of dunes in Al Batin sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Low, wind-rippled dunes cover a large expanse from the foreground to the peak of a high...

View of a village near Lawdar in Abyan Governorate. Square stone buildings are built alongside and on top of a steeply sloping mountain. In the far right background more high...

View of livestock traders at a suq (market) in the city of Ad Dali'. In the foreground five men, one carrying a rifle, stand with their cattle in the midst...

View of mountain landscape in the region between Wadi Kidyut and Shib Waqtaat. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage...

Portrait of a man standing on a hillside covered with boulders in the upper Wadi Dhamad. A cactus is growing between the boulders at his feet.Due to the nature of...

View of a man and a woman of the Sa'ar Bedouin hauling water from Manwakh well. They are pulling on a rope. The woman wears silver belts around her waist...

View of two camels belonging to Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the region of the Kidan plains (Suhul al Kidan), north of Khaba well in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al...

Portrait of a boy from the Khawlan Bedouin tribe at Suq 'Ayban market under Jabal Fayfa. He is wearing a broad-brimmed straw hat.Due to the nature of these images, prints...

Half length standing portrait of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, Muhammad bin Al Jabari, pouring coffee during the party's journey from Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat to Furai well. Muhammad bin...