Portrait of three members of ... Type:unstretched canvas

Portrait of three members of ... Type:unstretched canvasPortrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party hauling water from Furai well in the Sharqiyah Sands. Three men stand around the opening of a well. On the left one man pulls a line of rope from the well. At the centre Hamad, a tribesman of the Mahra Bedouin, stands behind the well, while on the right a third man beds over the opening. Behind them a number of camels crowd around, waiting for water. Due to the nature of these images,

The ocean surrounding the boom is choppy with a few whitecaps

A man stands in a vast area of low

Seated portrait of a tribesman of the Manasir Bedouin in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain

Portrait of a Bin Maaruf nomad (of the Saar tribe)

The near cliffs are in shadow

In front of the man a plant grows from the sand while behind him the branches of a bare tree fill the background

Kusho Palhese

Carpet on floor

faces towards the left and carries a rifle under his shoulder

the corner of which can be seen on the right

In the far background Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) mountain rises high above the plain

Portrait of a tribesman of the Sahul Bedouin standing with his camels at one of the Rumah wells