Profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's ... Size:small

Profile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's ... Size:smallProfile portrait of Wilfred Thesiger's camel, a thoroughbred Omani camel, with Warad, the party's saluki hunting dog. Wilfred Thesiger's camel sits couched in the sand facing towards the left. She is saddled with a dark sheepskin and carries bags and a rifle. Warad rests beside in the sand at her shoulder. Behind them a low rolling dune dotted with scattered vegetation fills the background. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's journey from

who accompanied Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party from 'Izz to Al Muwaiji

a samurai and officer (performing the function of censor) on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France

In the far distance a low sand bank stretches across the horizon

leading two camels behind him

Small birds that he has shot with blunted arrows hang down the back of his neck

View of tents at Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's encampment at Buraimi

View of a man

with houses in the distance

View of dhows (sailboats) beached on the shore at Dubai Creek

belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party

flanked by two displays of markhor (Capra falconeri

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