View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Type:stretched canvas

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Type:stretched canvasView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Uruq az Zayza sands in 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.

Equipment and blankets lie in the sand surrounding the trees

In the background

stands facing forward in front of the walls of Muwaiji fort

Seated portrait of one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's Bedouin retainers

View of the city of Abha

In the distance Wilfred Thesiger's party rests in the shade of two trees during the party's journey from Wadi al 'Ayn to the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands)

In the background other members of the party rest in the sand

while on the right a third man beds over the opening

Grass grows on the rocks and large deciduous trees grow in the background behind him

a rock escarpment

holidng a coffee-pot and two cups

Portrait of one of Ali bin Mohammed al Imani's sons sitting in front of a stone wall in the village of Al Makhwah