Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha ... Type:unstretched canvas

Portrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha ... Type:unstretched canvasPortrait of Salim bin Ghabaisha, one of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling companions, on the gravel plains below Jabal Sumeini posing with a feral donkey shot by Wilfred Thesiger. Salim bin Ghabaisha, a tribesman of the Bayt Imani lineage of Rashid Bedouin, crouches in the foreground, holding up the head of the dead donkey and a rifle. Blood pools in the rocks beneath the donkey. Behind them a vast bare rocky plain continues into the far distance. Due to

one of whom is leading a camel

a few more camels rest in the shade

View of a river flowing down a valley

Side view of a boom

View of Wilfred Thesiger's travelling party resting at the southern end of Jabal Hafit (Jebel Hafeet)

looking into the near distance

the Rakashar family

In the distance a third man follows behind

holding on to a rope [the camel is entirely outside the frame]

View of a two dhows (sailboats) beached on the Corniche in the town of Abu Dhabi

The tall boy on the far right is Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

People walk across a town square lined with two storey buildings