Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Type:stretched canvas

Group portrait of sailors hoisting ... Type:stretched canvasGroup portrait of sailors hoisting the main sail on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. A pile of sails and rigging sits on the deck of the dhow in the far left foreground. Behind two lines of sailors stand on deck. The sailors lean to the right, each holding onto the same thick rope. In the background the dhow's main sail hangs in the air. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to

Behind it on the left a boom

In the foreground traders stand with their goats in front of a circular house with a domed straw roof

He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt and suspenders over his thobe (shirt) and a dark embroidered headscarf

View of trees a hillside in a mountainous region between the town of Ad Dhafir and Jabal Baydan

The plain behind the party is covered in small dunes and dotted with sparse vegetation

High dunes with sheer faces encircle the flat

Two storey houses topped with covered porches line the opposite side of the street behind him

In the distance more high dunes rise at the edge of the plain

In the foreground a large tree grows alongside a farmer's field

Portrait of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party cooking in camp during their journey from Al Ain to Liwa

Behind them crowds of buyers and traders fill the square

Each of the houses is topped with a barjeel (wind tower)