One of Thesiger's canoe-boys Size:large

One of Thesiger's canoe-boys Size:largePortrait of a boy standing on the prow of a canoe, poling it forward. 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.

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis

Two of the riders at the centre carry peregrine falcons on their arms

Six people stand in a line in the sand

with beer being poured into jars

Portrait of a young woman (named Matara)

This was the first time that Thesiger had worn Arab dress and he looks slightly uneasy and self-conscious

known as the Kumbum

View of snow-covered mountains

View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconry party riding camels in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)

View of a crowd of locals and traders at the suq (market) in the town of Abha

sail across a wind-rippled ocean

View of a small dhow being launched by a group of men at Abu Dhabi