Half length portrait of Wilfred ... Sue Johnson

Half length portrait of Wilfred ... Sue JohnsonHalf length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi near the end of his second journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger is seated in the sand. He is wearing a headscarf, a long shirt (thobe), and a khanjar (dagger) in a cartridge belt around his waist. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before they

behind a ripe of rope

'arish huts and enclosures made from palm fronds sit in the sand along the shore

View of a path leading into a forest in the region between the village of 'Ar'arah and Jabal Mana' in the Al Hijar mountains

In the background a steep rock outcrop juts above the plain

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in a small wadi east of the wells at Sanaw

better known as Pedro Pino)

View of Wilfred Thesiger's party trekking across dunes in Al Humrah sands during their journey to Umm az Zumul

heading towards the far distance

Potala can be faintly seen in the far distance

the ruler of Dubai

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding through the Ramlat al Ghirbaniyat (Ghirbaniyat Sands)

at his encampment in the Ramlat ar Rabbad sands near Bir al Tawil