Crossing the Dashi-i Lut Type:unstretched canvasView of people with six laden camels crossing the desert plain of the Dasht i Lut ('Desert of Lot'), with mountains in the distance. 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.
standing behind the prow of a tarada (sheikh's canoe)
a few more camels rest in the shade
In the distance beyond a cluster of one and two storey buildings sits on a low rise beyond the road
In the centre distance a lone cloud drifts over the top of the cliffs
Further behind large multi-storey buildings line the square
stands second from the right between two retainers
with a member of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party walking in the foreground
View of a street lined with market stalls in the city of Jeddah
View of three members of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party riding camels in the Wadi al Aradh sands
View of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party in Al Khatam sands near Jebel Hafeet (Jabal Hafit)
Many men haul water from a rock-lined well using ropes and pulleys
where the British Mission under Sir Basil Gould was staying
