View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:white

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party ... Frame:whiteView of Wilfred Thesiger's party resting in the Ramlat as Sahmah. Dunes in the background. 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.

He is standing on one leg

In the foreground people rest with a camel around the palm tree

In the foreground a young boy walks beside a dhow (sailboat) that is under construction

Group portrait of five members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party eating food in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands

Close-up profile portrait of the head of a thoroughbred (female) Wahiba camel in the Sharqiyah Sands

Portrait of Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan

with hills in the distance

Behind them low rolling dunes dotted with sparse vegetation fill the horizon

Behind them the wall is decorated with carved plaster embellishments and plants grow in the courtyard behind

In the foreground clumps of vegetation grow in uneven sand

In background small shrubs and bushes grow in soft sand below a sky dotted with sparse low clouds

Fishing boats moored on a beach