Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... Size:large

Portrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting ... Size:largePortrait of Wilfred Thesiger sitting in the Wadi al 'Ayn. Wilfred Patrick Thesiger kneels in soft sand in front of a dry bush, holding a camel stick in his hands. He is wearing a silver sheathed dagger on a cartridge belt over his thobe (shirt), and his head is covered by a headscarf. This portrait was taken by Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companion, Salim bin Kabina. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age,

Further along the aisle people walk through the market

View of boats drawn up at Fuhud on the River Gharraf

In the distance beyond large trees and low vegetation grow on a vast flat sand plain

A man climbs a rope up the face of the tower towards an opening above him

a wood and leather water trough

at the edge of the Tana River

Bushes and a few small trees grow in the sands

On the right Musallim bin Al Kamam

also sit on blocks

lie on the shore

In the foreground boulders and shale sit at the bottom of the cliff

Members of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party sit in two groups on a dry wadi bed at the bottom of a steep-sided ravine