Three-quarter length portrait of sailors ... Type:art print

Three-quarter length portrait of sailors ... Type:art printThree quarter length portrait of sailors on a dhow (sailboat) in the Persian Gulf near Dubai. Three sailors stand in front of a rigged sail on the deck of a dhow. Behind them the sky is clear and the sea is choppy with small waves. This image was taken during Wilfred Thesiger's May 18 28, 1948 journey by dhow from Dubai to Bahrain Island. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear or damage that occurred before

In the foreground Salim bin Ghabaisha

the ends of which hang down along his arm

standing on the crest of a dune in the Awarik sands in the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali)

He is wearing a waistcoat over his thobe (long shirt) and holds a rifle against his shoulder

In the distance the decorated towers of Najran Fort are visible

with whom Wilfred Thesiger and his Bedouin companions stayed during Wilfred Thesiger's first crossing of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali) in December 1946

In the foreground a few people walk across rocky paths

A crowd of people using ropes and pulleys haul water from the well

surrounded by several large piles of reed mats and other boats

Below him on the right a second boy wearing a cap and shirt leans on the platform

He is carrying his rifle on his shoulder and holds a walking stick

smoking a water-pipe