Standing full length portrait of ... Tibet

Standing full length portrait of ... TibetStanding full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and his camel taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi. Wilfred Thesiger stands in a large expanse of flat sand to the left of the camel on which he made his second journey across the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali). Wilfred Thesiger is standing in profile and looks out into the far left distance. He is wearing a headscarf, a long shirt (thobe), and a khanjar (dagger) in a

In the distance beyond a dhow (sailboat) sails up Dubai Creek

and a small rowboat is moored in the water at the right

View of Qasr Ibrahim fort in the town of Al Hofuf in the Al Hasa Oasis

Beyond the near ridge

with giant groundsel in the foreground

View of Salim bin Ghabaisha

dressed as if for raiding and holding a rifle

Laden donkeys walk down the street

The roofs are flat

He wears a dark flowing bisht (robe) and a thick 'agal (head rope) over his ghutra (headscarf)

In the background a vast expanse of sand continues into the far distance

On his head he wears dark coloured headscarf topped with an 'agal (head rope)