View of dhows (sailboats) moored ... Images of Wilfred Thesiger

View of dhows (sailboats) moored ... Images of Wilfred ThesigerView of dhows (sailboats) moored in Dubai Creek. In the left background a sailor stands on the deck of a small dhow, punting with a long punt pole. On the right the bow of a large dhow sits in the water. In the far background one storey buildings line the shore. 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.

kneels on the left

a samurai and officer (performing the function of deputy secretary) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France

facing towards the far right

View of two members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a salt flat in Al Batin sands

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides camping in the Wadi Mitan

In the foreground a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party rides a camel across stoney ground towards the foreground

they have nevertheless retained their language with a great degree of purity

in Liwa oasis

lying on the ground

with other people gathered in the distance

which is framed by two storey buildings and a line of single storey wooden shacks

making coffee in the sands near Al Ain