Profile portrait of Salim bin ... Type:stretched canvasProfile portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, riding a camel during the party's journey from Jabal Sumeini to the port city of Sharjah. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, kneels in the saddle of his camel [the camel's legs are outside the frame]. Salim bin Ghabaisha wears a cartridge belt and leather suspenders over his thobe (long shirt) and has a ghutra
which consists of a chain halter
Seated portrait of two young boys of the Al Nahyan family sitting in the sand in Al Ain
Further behind them a small boy stands in the grass
a type of dhow) in the harbour at Dubai
Exterior view of the mudhif (guest house) belonging to Abdullah of the Al Essa tribe
In the far background high dunes are visible in the distance
In the foreground a large compound of 'arish huts
On the left a cloth and wood fence surrounds the house in the left background
near Bir al Tawil in the Ramlat ar Rabbad
while at the far right one camel walks towards a low flat plain dotted with vegetation
riding a camel in the Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)
wearing a garland of sweet-scented herbs in his hair
