Profile portrait of a peregrine ... Thesiger Collection

Profile portrait of a peregrine ... Thesiger CollectionProfile portrait of a peregrine falcon, belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party, resting in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon perches in profile on a carved wooden wakir (block) staked in the sand. The peregrine faces towards the left, its wings folded along its chest. In the far background a few bushes grow on a slope of soft sand. Due to the nature of these images, prints will reproduce any signs of age, wear

Further back a larger dhow and a rowboat are beached in low water

one and two storey houses made of coral are built close together in the Shindagha district

a 92-gun vessel of the Royal Navy

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party in the Khatam sands

In the further distance a second rowboat filled with passengers crosses towards the right

while another man sits

also wearing uniform

059 metres)

Three saddled camels are couched on a small patch of sandy ground in a bare rocky plain

In the far distance shrubs grow on a sand dune

opposite the buildings

Each abra is covered with a cloth canopy