Portrait of a trained peregrine ... Type:art printPortrait of a trained peregrine falcon belonging to Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's hunting party killing a hare in the Al Khatam sands near Al Ain. A peregrine falcon stands over a desert hare in a patch of disturbed sand. The falcon stands on the right, holding down the rabbits head with its talon and its beak. The rabbit lies at the centre, its legs lying across the sand towards the left. This image was taken between December 20, 1948, and
In the foreground traders stand with their cattle
In the foreground traders stand with their goats in front of a circular house with a domed straw roof
lead eight camels across the crest of low dune chain
beached on Shindagha beach in Dubai
Behind them the town square is filled with people and animals
Wilfred Thesiger's party camping in the Jiddat al Harasis during the party's journey from Boi well to Yisub well
A boy from one of the Qara tribes sits in front of a rock wall facing towards the left
He wears a khanjar (dagger) on a cartridge belt over his thobe (long shirt) and a headscarf (ghutra)
leaning against a wooden frame over the well
Nearby many sellers stand beside their bundles of long thin poles
on a dune beside a salt flat in Liwa oasis
holding the bucket rope in his hands
