Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Thesiger Collection

Wilfred Thesiger's party in the ... Thesiger CollectionWilfred Thesiger's party in the sands of the 'Uruq ash Shaybah, in the Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter). 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.

In background small shrubs and bushes grow on a flat expanse of sand sitting below a sky dotted with a few low clouds

in the region north of the city of Ad Dali' in Ad Dali' Governorate

A young boy sits on the right

A brightly painted flage post projects from the steer above the rudder

stands to the left of a large flowering bush in a patch of grass

as shown in the picture

officials and spectators

In the far right distance houses line the shore along a far bank

He holds camel stick in one hand

A crowd of onlookers watch the photographer

with trees in the distance

In the near distance tufts of vegetation grow in sand rippled by small waves of secondary dunes