View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Jacques-Philippe Potteau

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling ... Jacques-Philippe PotteauView of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels towards a stand of ghaf [Prosopis cineraria] trees in the Wadi al 'Arad sands. Despite many years of drought, the trees are lush and still growing. 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.

He wears a light coloured waistcoat over a half unbuttoned thobe (long shirt)

In the background high rock walls rise along the sides of the wadi

Group portrait of Wilfred Thesiger (centre) and two members of his travelling party: Muhammad bin Kalut and Sultan

In the foreground a steep wall of limestone rises into a high peak at the far left

are enclosed by a large fence

In the background the party's camels stand along the side of the spring

The ferries

its head turned to the left

is sitting in the sand next to a pile of fibres and a camel saddle

In the distance a ridge of mountains rises in the background

dancing a war dance

with people processing from its entrance in the foreground