Desert Collection

Lawrence of Arabia
British archaeologist, soldier, intelligence officer and writer, Thomas Edward Lawrence (1888-1935), known as Lawrence of Arabia

Oman, Road near Tiwi Village

The Camel Corps of the Kings African Rifles October 1945 The Union Jack flying on the Abyssinian Frontier of Brith Somalialand

Colonel David Stirling with a patrol in the desert
Colonel David Stirling with a patrol of Special Air Service (SAS) men in the Middle East. Date: 1944

Picture No. 10877184
Suricate / Meerkat - family with young on the lookout at the edge of its burrow. (Suricata suricatta) Date:

The Royal Logistic Corps. The Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) was formed in 1993, by the union of the following British Army corps: Royal Corps of Transport, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Barringer Meteor crater - 3/4 mile wide. Located East of Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
FG-4176 Barringer Meteor crater - 3/4 mile wide. Located East of Flagstaff, Arizona, USA Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank patrolling outside Basra, Iraq
Soldiers of 1 A Squadron, Queens Royal Lancers (QRL) patrolling outside Basra, Iraq onboard a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank during Operation Telic 4

Anthony Quayle, John Mills, Sylvia Syms and Harry Andrews in Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
A portrait of the main cast for the WW2 drama Ice Cold in Alex directed by Jack Lee Thompson in 1958

1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback - Dark Moss Green
Ford Mustang Fastback 1967 Green metallic

Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery - British Army Officer
Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (" Monty" ) KG, GCB, DSO, PC (1887-1976) - British Army Officer, famed for his successes and tactical ability in WW2. Date: circa 1944

Buffalo soldier drinking from his canteen on a desert march. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Earth from space, satellite image
Earth from space. Satellite image showing North and South America as seen from 35, 000 kilometres above the Earths surface. North is at top and the Moon is at upper right

RF - Dapple grey Arabian stallion running in desert dunes near Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Christ in the Wilderness, 1898, (1912). Artist: Briton Riviere
Christ in the Wilderness, 1898, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto, 1912)

Sturt desert pea. Arid flower. South Australia
Sturt desert pea. Arid flower growing in the arid conditions of the Flinders Ranges

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of the explorers Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron

A still image from Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
Harry Andrews as Pugh, Sylvia Syms as Sister Diana Murdoch and John Mills as captain Anson push an ambulance across the Libyan desert in Jack Lee Thompsons Ice Cold In Alex

Map of Africa illustrating travels of explorers
A map of Africa which illustrates the travels of Livingstone, Stanley and Cameron. Date: 19th Century

Europe at night, satellite image. City lights (yellow) show areas of dense population. There are few lights in North Africa (bottom) and the Arctic (top) since they are more sparsely populated

Harris's Hawk - on nest Sanguaro Desert, Arizona, USA
CAN-595 HARRIS HAWK - on nest in saguaro cactus, with chicks Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA Parabuteo unicinctus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

The Three Kings (pencil and w/c on paper)
CH136642 The Three Kings (pencil and w/c on paper) by Hey, Paul (1867-1952); 41.8x31 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images; © Estate of Paul Hey. All rights reserved 2022

Desert Landscape with Cactus in Arizona
Saguaro and Blooming Prickly Pear Cactus in Arizona Desert Landscape

Ancient and Modern Jerusalem Map Engraving
Engraved illustration of Ancient and Modern Jerusalem Map Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Retro Style Desert Scene with Old Gas Station and Saguaro Cactus on a sunny day

Pyramid and Great Sphinx in Giza, Egypt

Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 1969 orange white stripes

Suricate / Meerkat - Sunbathing in early morning - Kalahari
CH-5821 Suricate / Meerkat - Sunbathing in early morning Kalahari Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

RAF Chinook Helicopter
Chinook helicopter from18 (B) Squadron practising desert operations as the sun sets during Exercise Vortex Warrior.18 (B) Sqn are based at Royal Air Force Odiham

Hercules C130K
A Royal Air Force C130K Hercules takes off from the Californian desert during Exercise Crown Pinnacle in the USA. The transport aircraft, otherwise known as a Hercules C1

Mena House Hotel, Cairo, Egypt - View of Cheops Pyramid. The hotel was a former Royal hunting lodge, which opened as a Hotel in 1869. Date: circa 1920s

A scene from Ice Cold In Alex (1957)
pushing the ambulance up a desert dune

Ice Cold In Alex

T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) with camels
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918

Map of Egypt
Illustration of a Map of Egypt

Marines roll down a dirt road on their M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a day of training at Exercise Africa Lion 2012

A scene from Ice Cold In Alex (1957)
The main characters attempt to free the ambulances from the sands of the Egyptian desert

India, Ladakh, Thiksey. The immense and beautifully gilded Maitreya Buddha in the Chamkhang temple at Thiksey Monastery

Suricate / Meerkat - family with young wearing Christmas hats. Digital Manipulation: Hats JD
TD-1484-c-m2 Suricate / Meerkat - family with young wearing Christmas hats Suricata suricatta Digitally manipulated image Thomas Dressler Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Dead Vlei, Sossusvlei, Namib-Naukluft Park, Namib Desert, Namibia, Africa

Lion - mating pair - Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - Kalahari - South Africa - Africa
KAT-793 Lion - mating pair Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park - Kalahari - South Africa - Africa Panthera leo Karl Terblanche Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Hendon Aerial Pageant
A poster advertising a Royal Air Force Aerial Pageant at The London Aerodrome at Hendon. The pictures depicts British bombers attacking a desert stronghold

Thorny Devil Near Newhaven Station, Nthn Territory, Australia
DH-3160 Thorny Devil Near Newhaven Station, Nthn Territory, Australia Moloch horridus Don Hadden Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Late evening sunlight on a deserted Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

The Sahara Desert, North west Africa - two camels stride across the sand, accompanied by their Bedouin owner. Date: circa 1915

Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving
Engraved illustration of Wanderings of the Israelites Map Engraving from The Popular Pictorial Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Published in 1862. Copyright has expired on this artwork

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, Theban Necropolis (UNESCO World Heritage List, 1979), Luxor, Egypt. Egyptian civilisation, New Kingdom, Dynasty XVIII

meerkat with desert sand behind it

Painted Desert, Arizona, south western United States of America

Sunset, Sphinx (foreground), The Pyramid of Chephren (background), The Pyramids of Giza
Giza, Egypt

Huge Boojum Tree (Cirio) (Fouquieria columnaris) near Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California Norte, Mexico, North America

Schistocerca gregaria, desert locust
A desert locust perching on a branch. Locusts sometimes swarm to form groups of up to 80 million and can migrate over large distances

Emir Faisal at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia)
Emir Faisal (1883-1933) at Wejh (now in Saudi Arabia) during the First World War. He later became Faisal I of Iraq. He directed the Arab revolt against the Ottomans in 1916

T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918

Australia, satellite image
Australia. Satellite image of the Earth, set against a background of stars, centred on the island continent of Australia. North is at top. Clouds (white) are seen in the atmosphere

Australia, satellite image. North is at top. Australia is the worlds smallest continent. It is located in the southern hemisphere, southeast of Asia

Arabs fighting tigers in the desert
Tigers attacking an Arab caravan in the desert. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

HSET2A-00088
Buffalo soldiers in the Arizona desert. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Captain Charles Upham
Portrait of double VC winner, Captain Charles Upham (). Born in New Zealand, Upham was a sheep farmer who distinguished himself during World War Two on two occasions

Flying Saucers Have Landed, book cover
FLYING SAUCERS HAVE LANDED, a book by Desmond Leslie and George Adamski. In it, Adamski tells of his meeting with a Venusian in the Californian desert on 20 November 1952

Fierce snake / Western Taipan / Inland taipan
AUS-997 Fierce snake / Western Taipan / Inland taipan Simpson Desert, Northern Territory, Australia Oxyuranus microlepidotus John Wombey / Auscape / ardea.com Auscape Please note that prints are for

Palmato Gecko - close up of the head with water droplets - Namib Desert - Namibia - Africa
KAT-657 Palmato Gecko - close up of the head with water droplets Namib Desert - Namibia - Africa Palmatogecko rangei Karl Terblanche Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Suricate / Meerkat - babysitters with young Kalahari Desert, Namibia, Africa
CH-5822 Suricate / Meerkat - adult babysitters & young Kalahari Desert, Namibia, Africa. Suricata suricatta Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Collared Peccaries / Javelinas - Family group in the desert of south-west Arizona USA
ROG-13473 Collared Peccaries / Javelinas - Family group in the desert of south-west Arizona USA Tayassu tajacu Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

USA, Arizona-Utah, Monument Valley

USA, Arizona, Grand Canyon, from Pima Point

Syrian Desert, satellite image. North is at top. Vegetation is red and dark green, while arid areas of sand and rock are light green and light blue. Water is blue

Saudi Arabian desert. Combined infrared and visible satellite image of the Jabal Tuwayq ridge (down centre) in the rocky desert region of Najd in central Saudi Arabia. North is at top

Ayers Rock (Uluru), Northern Territory, Australia

A Bedouin guide with his camel, overlooking the Pyramids of Giza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, Africa

Namibia - Sand dune in the early morning in the Namib Desert. Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia
TD-1589 Namibia - Sand dune in the early morning in the Namib Desert Namib-Naukluft Park, Namibia Thomas Dressler Please note that prints are personal display purposes only

Morocco - Camel train, Berber with Dromedary Camels in the great sand dunes of Erg Chebbi at Merzouga
TD-1397 Morocco - Camel train, Berber with Dromedary Camels in the great sand dunes of Erg Chebbi at Merzouga Sahara Desert in Morocco's Southeast, Africa

Desert Bus Service
The Nairn Transport Company operates this motor coach which carries passengers from Baghdad on the road to Damascus, and vice versa

Desert near Palm Springs, California, USA
Desert near Palm Springs, Riverside County, California, USA, with Mount San Jacinto in the background. Date: late 1930s

WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s

Sunset at Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, United States of America, North America

T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935), British Army officer best known for his liaison role during the Arab Revolt against Ottoman Turkish rule of 1916-1918

Two biplanes with resting crew, Iraq
Two biplanes in the desert with their crew resting and drinking, somewhere in Iraq

Two biplanes with ground support vehicles, Iraq
Two biplanes with ground support vehicles in the desert, somewhere in Iraq

View over El Khazneh (the Treasury), Petra, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Jordan, Middle East

Uluru (Ayers Rock), Northern Territory, Australia

Expedition vehicle in the Tenere region of the central Sahara

Joshua Tree - in the Mojave desert, amongst granite rocks
ROG-11840 Joshua Tree - in the Mojave desert, amongst granite rocks. California, USA Yucca brevifolia Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

DDE-90038844
USA, California, Palm Springs. Desert Princess Golf Course and Mountains, winter. Date: 20/05/2010

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Unforgiving yet captivating, the desert holds tales of bravery and resilience. Colonel David Stirling leads his patrol through the vast expanse, embodying courage in the face of adversity. Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, a British Army Officer, strategizes amidst the arid terrain, showcasing military brilliance. The Royal Logistic Corps tirelessly maneuvers through sand dunes to ensure supplies reach their destination. In Ice Cold In Alex (1958), Anthony Quayle, John Mills, Sylvia Syms, and Harry Andrews navigate treacherous sands as they embark on an unforgettable journey. Briton Riviere's masterpiece 'Christ in the Wilderness' depicts solitude and introspection against a backdrop of endless desert horizons. The Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank patrols outside Basra in Iraq with unwavering determination – a symbol of strength protecting those who rely on its defense. A classic 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback stands out against the sandy landscape with its dark moss green hue – an oasis of beauty amidst desolation. A still image from Ice Cold In Alex (1958) captures both exhaustion and hope as characters find solace amid challenging circumstances. Like a buffalo soldier drinking from his canteen under scorching sun rays; survival instincts prevail even in harsh conditions. Desert Landscape with Cactus in Arizona showcases nature's ability to thrive despite limited resources – a testament to adaptability and resilience. T. E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) traverses this unforgiving land alongside camels - forging bonds that transcend boundaries. In these diverse glimpses into the desert realm, we witness humanity's indomitable spirit facing trials head-on while finding moments of tranquility amidst chaos.