View of a member of ... Type:art printView of a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking across the crest of a dune in Al Batin sands during their journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) from Al Dhafra sands to Liwa oasis. The man, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, leads two laden camels along a high dune ridge. He is carrying a camel stick in his left hand. Behind the man are a few large high dunes. Behind the dunes an area of salt flat
There is a very good view of the metal 'umbrella' at the top of the chorten
View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions descending a dune slope north of Al Ain during the party's journey from Al Ain to Ramlat Unayq
View of two men and a woman
In the far distance the crests of far dunes sit along the horizon below a vast cloudless sky
He is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and holds a rifle against his shoulder
In the distance beyond the mountain Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet) rises high above the horizon
View of two men standing in a boat loaded with a cargo of reed mats
He is posing with a bow and blunted arrows with which he has shot the birds that adorn his headband
Both the boy and the youth each hold a short sword
At the centre left a Bedouin tribesman (possibly a member of Wilfred Thesiger's party) kneels with his hands in his lap
Wilfred Patrick Thesiger kneels in soft sand in front of a dry bush
Portrait of a sailor on the mast of a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai