Half length portrait of an ... Type:stretched canvas

Half length portrait of an ... Type:stretched canvasHalf length portrait of an Arab man, one of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's falconers, carrying a falcon in the sands surrounding Al Ain. The man wears a patterned ghutra (headscarf) and a plain thobe (shirt), and stands holding the falcon on a mangalah (cuff) on his near hand. The falcon wears a burqa (hood), and is turned towards the falconer. In the background a large, spindly tree grows. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce

one of two Sa'ar tribesmen who guided Wilfred Thesiger's party from Manwakh to 'Ayn al Hasy well

In the background is a large building

A lama doctor

sitting astride a horse

bare of any vegetation

and the man on the right holds a camel stick

In the foreground a number of young date palms

He is tugging at the izaar (wraparound skirt) he wears under his thobe (long shirt)

Buildings line either side of the street

View of one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party's camels in the Dhafara sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

View of a tree growing at the bottom of a steep hill in the mountainous region between Wadi Shaybanah and the town of Ad Dhafir

The man crouches in the sand looking at a saker (hurr) falcon which he holds on a mangalah (cuff) on his arm