Portrait of four of Wilfred ... Frame:black

Portrait of four of Wilfred ... Frame:blackPortrait of four of Wilfred Thesiger's sailing companions in resting in camp on one of the Abu Dhabi islands. At the far left, an older man sits cross legged, leaning on a rolled sleeping mat and mattress. Two young men sit in the centre behind him, one of whom is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (ankle length shirt). On the right a fourth man kneels in the sand with his hands in his lap. He has an 'agal (head rope) draped like a sash over his

In the far background is a line of access shafts for aflaj (irrigation tunnels)

leaning heavily to the right

View of terraced fields in a valley in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate

one man standing

the 'dwellings of the Pueblo have dwindled down to two stor[ey]s in height

Tufts of qassis (sedge) and other vegetation dot the rolling surface of a large sand dune

Behind him three of Wilfred Thesiger's Rashid Bedouin companions mill among a few couched camels

In the distance behind him low rolling dunes dotted with scattered vegetation fill the background below a cloudless sky

and has a rifle slung under his arm

View of people standing by the entrance of a shelter

On the left a Manasir man with a thick beard and buckteeth crouches beside two members of Wilfred Thesiger's party

In the foreground two sailors secure a sail rope to the mast of a dhow