Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Portraits of notable people

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Portraits of notable peoplePortrait of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting on a sandy plain during the party's journey from Yisub well to Wadi Darbat. 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.

with his personal retainer Idris Daud

Group portrait of four Sahul Bedouin at the Ar Rumhiya wells near Ar Riyadh

The ground around them is dry and strewn with rocks and small pebbles

The sand is dotted with sparse vegetation and a few large bushes

she is wearing beaded necklaces and metal jewellery

The Sultan's Palace sits in the distance beyond

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Wadi Qinab during the party's journey to Huliyah well

a short distance from the end

one of whom is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (ankle-length shirt)

Full length portrait of two boys of the Nahad tribe standing against a wall in a village in the Al Qatan region

In the far distance dhows and two storey buildings line the shores of Dubai Creek

In the foreground a lone rider carrying a falcon on his arm rides a camel along the crest of a high dune