View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Africa

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... AfricaView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party trekking between dunes in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) during the party's journey from Jaladah plain to Bani Ma'arid sands. 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.

which rises to a point in the far right distance

a samurai and officer on the 1864 Ikeda mission to France

Three men perch on the main yard of a dhow

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and members of his travelling party: Mabkhaut bin Arbain

The stone wall behind him is in a state of disrepair

Hamad [also known as Hamad al Mahri]

In the foreground the man stands alongside a taunt rope

while others sit or stand on the gunwales

a Bedouin man

In the bushes behind them cooking pots and plates dry in the sun

This vegetation is the result of recent rain

Further behind two more members of the party load baggage on a couched camel