View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:none

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:noneView of Wilfred Thesiger's party at a well in the region west of the Hamrat ad Duru. In the near distance a line of camels gather along a mud trough at at well. On the right a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions lead camels to the well. In the background a tall tree grows behind the well. 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

A dhow sails directly into the foreground

sitting astride a saddled thoroughbred Wahiba camel

He wears a thobe (long shirt) and ghutra (headscarf)

In the right background three of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin companions stand at the top of a high sand dune rippled by the wind

Equipment is piled in the sand in front of the tree

View of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai

View of people playing in Dubai Creek and a sailing dhow

A Bedouin man sits in the sand with a young boy

In the background a large clump of trees grows on the right

Below him a sail hangs from the yard

On the left a few of Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin guides are setting up camp in a patch of sand in the midst of a vast dry wadi

In the distance beyond the sand is bare and high above the ridge the sky is empty of clouds