View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:large

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Size:largeView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking along Al 'Aradh in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). In the background dunes rise in the distance. 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.

The table is full of dishes

resting one hand on his thigh

two of which are decorated with metal studs

The men are crowded together on deck

Near the top of the Jade Belt Bridge (also known as the Camel's Back Bridge)

sits in the middle between Salim bin Tamtaim and another man

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at a well in Wadi Musallim

near Al Qabil at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)

wearing a distinctive hat and an animal skin over his shoulders

The boys sell fresh water

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Behind him a vast flat plain dotted with scattered clumps of vegetation runs into the far distance