Seated portrait of Sahail bin ... Type:unstretched canvas

Seated portrait of Sahail bin ... Type:unstretched canvasSeated portrait of Sahail bin Tahi, a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party, at a camp fire in the region of Baynunah sands. Sahail bin Tahi, a tribesman of the Mudairiba lineage of Rashid Bedouin, kneels holding a piece of cloth in his lap next to a fire. In front of him a tea urn sits beside a bag in the sand while nearby a coffee urn heats on the fire. He wears a plain ghutra (headscarf) tied around his head and a light thobe (long shirt). Behind him

View of houses at Qabab

stands with its wings spread wide

hunting bear in the mountains above Rust

a bare dune slope rises in ridges to the right

with a boy standing in the foreground

A man leans against a ledge beside the door to the Dubai's old prison

In the left foreground a sailor sews the edge of a length of sail cloth that has been spread out over the sand

Behind the saluki Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (far left) rides at the head of a line of falconers and a young boy riding camels

Further beyond

View of two of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions on a sand hill in the Al Ain/Buraimi oasis overlooking Jebel Hafeet [Jabal Hafit]

On the left a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party sits in sand criss-crossed with footprints next to a large pile of gear

a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party