Portrait of a man taken ... Size:large

Portrait of a man taken ... Size:largePortrait of a man taken at a village in Bal Qarn tribal territory in the region between Jabal Harfa and the Wadi Shaybanah. 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.

and the (the mountain) Jebel Hafit visible in the distance

Sheikh Khalid bin Sultan Al Nahyan and their retainers in March 1948

Portrait of a Bedouin man

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party crossing a gravel plain on the northern slopes of the Qarra range of mountains

while the other sits

At the bottom of the slope five of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions lead their camels in a line towards one of four date palm groves in the far distance

In front of the man a plant grows from the sand while behind him the branches of a bare tree fill the background

Wilfred Thesiger's party during their journey from Wadi Madi to Al Mukalla

Behind them a large crowd of traders moves amongst the cows and donkeys standing in the square

The three men sit in the sand facing forward

In the distance Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party can be seen watering camels at the well on the far edge of the chasm

At the bow of the ship one man perches on the boom behind the sail