Wilfred Thesiger's party saddling up ... Frame:white

Wilfred Thesiger's party saddling up ... Frame:whiteWilfred Thesiger's party saddling up their camels during their journey from Wadi Madi to Al Mukalla. 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.

In the distance beyond the sea stretches out empty and uninterrupted to the far horizon

The view also gives a good idea of the town layout and the structure of domestic dwellings

Dhows are on the water

Seated portrait of Muhammad bin Shuas and another member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party at Mughshin Oasis

View of the central dome of the Masjid-i Jami mosque ('Friday Mosque') at Isfahan

View of the new British Legation building (constructed 1910-11) in Addis Ababa

On the left one man leads two camels across a gravelly flat

while a third camel waits beside them

The Potala from the southeast taken from the heart of the city

Rai al Raqiqa

with a camel walking in the foreground

built on a rock outcrop