Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Tibet

Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter TibetView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party descending a sand dune in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). 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.

In the foreground a few women walk on the road

View of the snow-covered Chilinji Pass

A pool of water in the mountains at Ayun spring

He also wears a ghutra (headscarf) tied closely around his head

Close view of dhows moored along the shore of Bahrain Island

The narrow street is lined with shops

In the background are the walls of Al Muwaiji fort

rests on his camel

He wears a loose ghutra (headscarf) tied with an 'agal (head rope) and a light coloured thobe (shirt)

In the near distance a man adjusts the saddlery on his camel

In the foreground a woman carrying a trunk on her head walks past high stacks of coral sitting in the sand

Group portrait of Kathleen Thesiger and her sons Wilfred Thesiger (standing