Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Frame:white

Seated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger ... Frame:whiteSeated portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi near the end of his second journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger crouches on the side of a sand ridge, leaning on a camel stick in his right hand and resting his other hand on his knee. He wears a headscarf, a patterned loincloth, and a long shirt (thobe). Behind him is a ridge of small bushes. Due to the nature of

which is laid out on the ground

Further beyond large huts with high domed roofs sit close together in a large village

crouches in the foreground

The falcon rests on the falconer's mangalah (cuff) on one hand

and a third man stands just behind

View of the Potala palace with Sho in the foreground

from where Wilfred Thesiger sailed after his Awash expedition

heading towards the right

A fisherman and a boy stand together beside a large water barrel sitting on the sand

View of a family of Bin Maaruf nomads (of the Saar tribe) walking with tethered and loaded camels

In the near right foreground a lifeboat filled with sails and rigging sits on the deck of the dhow

Three men kneel in the sand in a line beside a rolled sleeping mattress