Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Frame:black

Thesiger's party in the Empty Quarter Frame:blackView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party 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.

Standing profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger wearing Arab dress in Dubai

holding a peregrine falcon in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

hunting bear in the mountains above Rust

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

He wears a floral ghutra (headscarf) with a very thick agal (head rope) and holds a rifle in a protective leather sleeve

the Western Gate of Lhasa in the left foreground

Seven people kneel close together in the sand

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi

recently appointed as Consul-General at Addis Ababa

Portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan with a saker falcon

with a large number of hunting trophies (from the Western Nuer District) laid out and arranged for the camera

A group of monks