Wilfred Thesiger at Al Ain Frame:gold

Wilfred Thesiger at Al Ain Frame:goldPortrait of Wilfred Thesiger, kneeling on the ground, wearing a dagger in scabbard across his waist, and holding a stick in his right hand. 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.

Above the ocean the sky is empty of clouds

View of one of the dhows (sailboats) on which Wilfred Thesiger sailed through the Abu Dhabi islands with Sheikh Hazaa bin Sultan Al Nahyan and his retainers

On the near side are low huts made from reeds

He is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and holds a rifle against his shoulder

Sho Village and the Western Gateway or Pargo Kaling

talking with Wilfred Thesiger

in order to prevent sand jamming the mechanism

and January 27

View of Wilfred Thesiger's tarada (sheikh's canoe)

The two boys kneel next to each other in the sand

with a mosque in the foreground and houses in the distance

with a man standing