Seated portrait of two members ... George Dixon Aked

Seated portrait of two members ... George Dixon AkedSeated portrait of two members of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party preparing food in Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. On the left two pots of meat stew on a fire tended by two men sitting side by side at the centre right. The man in the centre, wearing a patterned ghutra (headscarf) topped with an 'agal (head rope) and khanjar (dagger) over his thobe (long shirt), kneels holding a camel stick. The man beside half kneels, resting one arm

including his mother (named Afara) sitting on the left

holding the neck rope of one of four saddled camels which stand in a line behind him

a solitary bird flying above

View of two Sa'ar Bedouin men and a woman hauling water from Manwakh well

rise on the far side of a creek in the far background

Standing full length portrait of Wilfred Thesiger and his camel taken during his party's journey from the As Saruq sands to Abu Dhabi

On the opposite bank of the creek two storey houses and 'arish huts made from palm fronds sit along the far side of the creek

wearing a concha belt and ornaments

Behind them a large crowd of traders moves amongst the cows and donkeys standing in the square

on the right

with a man standing with a dog and three mules in the foreground

Another man stands in the foreground