Thesiger Collection

View of locals walking through a gateway into the city of Seiyun. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that...

Group portrait of Arab men and boys performing a marriage dance in the Wadi Hali. The dancers are facing forward in a long single file line. Many of the participants...

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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting beside ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees in the Jedda southwest of Mughshin Oasis, during the party's journey to Wadi Katabit.Due to the nature of...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking through the Wadi Qana in the region west of Makha'il village. The wadi bed is dotted with bushes and a few trees. Due...

Full length portrait of a young Arab boy standing on sandy ground in the Wadi Fatimah near Mecca.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of...

Three-quarter length portrait of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Three sailors stand in front of a rigged sail on the deck of a dhow....

Huts and palm trees at a village in the lower Wadi Damad region, east of Sabya.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey through the Jol from Fughmah to Ghayl bin Yamayn. Men and camels travel across a rocky plain.Due to the nature of these...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting under a tree in the Wadi Halfayn. In the centre three members of Wilfred Thesiger's party stand amongst couched camels in the near...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul. In the foreground ripples of secondary dunes mark the surface of...

Seated group portrait of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party with a few of the Wahiba Bedouin in the Wadi Halfayn. Three men sit in the sand facing forward....

View of a dying Arabian oryx, likely a female, in the Wadi Katabit. This oryx was likely shot by Muhammad bin Shuas, one of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides. Due to...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the sands near Umm az Zumul well, during their journey towards Wadi Al Ayn. In the foreground small tufts of vegetation sprout from...

View of trees growing in the sands of Wadi al 'Ayn. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands). In the foreground Bedouin men stand with a group of camels around a well....

Close up portrait of camels at a well near Sharjah city. Many camels crowd together waiting for their chance to drink at a well. On the far right, the back...

View of buildings in the town of Badr. A cluster of multi-storeyed buildings made from rammed earth sit in the distance.Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce...

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a rocky plateau west of the Wadi Ghudun, during their journey to Wadi Thu'ayt. In the foreground Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party ride...

View of Khiyunt spring in the Jabal Qara. A few cows are standing in the spring. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,...