View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Type:unstretched canvas

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Type:unstretched canvasView of Wilfred Thesiger's party travelling in Al Khatam or Al Humrah sands south of Al Ain. In the near distance Wilfred Thesiger's Bedouin travelling companions walk with their camels in a line across low rolling downs, heading into the far distance. Beyond low rolling downs continue to the horizon, stretching below a vast cloudless sky. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before

The man at the front leads the camels on foot

He holds a rifle over his shoulder and is facing to the left

The man at the centre

Three-quarter length portrait of Ali

Behind the boys dhows (sailboats) rest in the sand

near Salalah

which has been topped with concrete or rammed earth

wearing straw hats

the highest sand dunes in the desert of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

In the background Bedouin stand amongst large flocks of sheep or goats

Potala from the west with scrub vegetation oin the foreground

At the centre Musallim bin Tafl