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

View of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin ... Type:stretched canvasView of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling party pausing in a wadi near Mudayy, during the party's journey from Ayun to Mudayy. 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 houses only reaching two stories in height

The Shol inscription pillar may be seen on the far left of the image

the son of Sheikh Mahsin of Mabrad of the Amaira tribe

View of locals strolling through a suq (market) in the city of Sharjah

In the far left background another member of the party stands beside a bare bush

Portrait of two boys of the Yam tribe taken by Wilfred Thesiger during his journey from the town of Najran to the town of Badr

in the Wadi Hali

In the far left distance

High above the flat groups of 'arish huts

ride their camels across a vast empty flat plain

At the centre a man on a camel follows a third man with two baggage camels down the slope of the dune

while in the far distance rolling downs continue to the horizon below a cloudless sky