Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... Iran

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... IranPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting on a gravel plain during his journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat in the Jabal Qara mountains. He is holding a camel stick and sits with his legs crossed. 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.

Three-quarter length standing portrait of an Arab boy in Dubai

Behind him on the left a large bush grows in the sand

The rider is the party's guide

a camel stick and the head rope of Wilfred Thesiger's thoroughbred Omani camel

View of a group of Bedouin men in Wilfred Thesiger's party drawing water from Bir Thamud well

with a building in the foreground

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party near Baiman during their journey from the city of Abha to the village of 'Ar'arah

and in the further distance more vegetation grows along the sides of the dunes

made of saaf (palm fronds)

Group portrait of a man and three boys from one of the Qara tribes in the Jabal Qara mountains

Behind them a group of men and boys are gathered around

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Hamra sands near Liwa oasis