Nomads Collection

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), Russian author and philosopher, 1926. As a fiction writer, Tolstoy is widely regarded as one of the greatest of all novelists

The Jebel Zaghwan, c1890. Artist: Meunier
The Jebel Zaghwan, c1890. Jebel Zaghouan, a mountain in Tunisia. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Bedouin of Sinai; The Red Sea, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Bedouin of Sinai; The Red Sea, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Sami Collecting Reindeer which have Been Shot, 1892. Creator: Johan Tiren
Sami Collecting Reindeer which have Been Shot, 1892

Khoikhoi woman with infant, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon
Khoikhoi woman with infant, c.1675-c.1725. On her back she carries her child who suckles from the breast she has thrown over her shoulder

Khoekhoe man with assegaai, c.1675-c.1725. Creator: Anon
Khoekhoe man with assegaai, c.1675-c.1725. Man dressed in loincloth of animal skin with a sheepskin over his right shoulder. In his left hand he holds an Assegaai (throwing spear)

'Maures nomades et leurs chameaux; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Maures nomades et leurs chameaux; L'Ouest Africain, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

'L'oasis de Biskra au soleil couchant; Afrique du nord, 1914. Creator: Max Raber
'L'oasis de Biskra au soleil couchant; Afrique du nord, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Interior of a Kalmuck Tent with Kalmuck Women, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Kalmuck Tent with Kalmuck Women, 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854"

Gypsy encampment Glenwood Road, 1888. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Gypsy encampment Glenwood Road, 1888. Men, women, and children with tent and wagon on Glenwood Road, probably in Bethesda, Maryland

Caravane en route vers La Mecque, between 1880 and 1885. Creator: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Caravane en route vers La Mecque, between 1880 and 1885

Family of Traveling Hungarian Gypsies, Moldavia, July 19, 1837, 1839. Creator: Auguste Raffet
Family of Traveling Hungarian Gypsies, Moldavia, July 19, 1837, 1839

Bedouins of the Desert, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Bedouins of the Desert, 1850. The Bedouins...have never been conquered, nor were they ever in subjection at any time to foreign powers...they are independent of the Government as regards

Group of Kirghiz (ie Kazakh) men posing with a local Russian Governor, his... between 1885 and 86. Creator: Unknown
Group of Kirghiz (ie Kazakh) men posing with a local Russian Governor, his wife, and their child in front of a yurt, between 1885 and 1886

Tekin yurts, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Tekin yurts, Bairam-Ali area, Turkmenistan, between 1905 and 1915. A yurt is a portable tent used for housing by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia

Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Two men standing on a rug, in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Portrait of two men, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, in traditional dress

Woman in traditional dress and jewelry standing on rug in front of yurt, between 1905 and 1915
Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing on a carpet at the entrance to a yurt, dressed in traditional clothing and jewelry, between 1905 and 1915

Group of eleven adults and children, seated on a rug, in front of a yurt, between 1905 and 1915. Group of people, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, in traditional dress

Nomadic Kirghiz, Golodnaia Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Nomadic Kirghiz, Golodnaia (or Golodnaya) Steppe, between 1905 and 1915. Family of three, kneeling in a field. Many Central Asiatic peoples, for example the Kirghiz, Kazakhs, and Uzbeks

Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing... between 1905-1915
Full-length profile portrait of a woman, possibly Turkman or Kirgiz, standing on a carpet at the entrance to a yurt, dressed in traditional clothing and jewelry, between 1905 and 1915

Scenes in the Himalayas, 1931. Creator: Unknown
Scenes in the Himalayas, 1931. Paysages De L Himalaya. (Himalayan landscapes). Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 4 January 1931]

Three generations of Brahui nomads, East Balochistan, 1902. Artist: F Bremner
Three generations of Brahui nomads, East Balochistan, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Caravan approaching an old Fort in Biskra, 1890. Creator: Unknown
A Caravan approaching an old Fort in Biskra, 1890

Rest in the Desert, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Rest in the Desert, 1930s. Arab men sitting round a campire among sand dunes

Horseman and Vagabond in the Forest (Le Cavalier en foret et le pieton), 1854

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by 1880. Creator: Charles Theodore Frere
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, by 1880

El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Creator: Mark Sykes
El Bedieh, c1906-1913, (1915). Bedouin at the salt wells near Tell- Afar, (Iraq or Syria). The next day we pushed on to El Bedieh, where the Bedawin have sunk wells in a dry wadi

The City of Kandahar Looking from the South Towards Baba Wali Mountain, c1840, (1901). Men with camels and sheep near the town of Kandahar in the south of Afghanistan

Kirghiz yourta by the River Chu, 1869-1870, (1965). Creator: Vasily Vereshchagin
Kirghiz yourta by the River Chu, 1869-1870, (1965). Yurts (or gers) in Central Asia. Painting, also known as Kirghiz Tents on the River Chu, in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The Rain Cloud, mid 19th century. Creator: William J Webb
The Rain Cloud, mid 19th century. Desert scene in the Middle East: a family tend their animals as the children point towards an approaching storm

Nomads outside their yurt, west Mongolia, c1928. Creator: Unknown
Nomads outside their yurt, west Mongolia, c1928. A family of Mongolian steppe-dwelling nomads outside their traditional home which can be dismantled and loaded onto camels

The Ababda, nomads of the eastern Thebaid Desert, 1848. Artist: Freeman
The Ababda, nomads of the eastern Thebaid Desert, 1848. Illustration from The Valley of the Nile by Emile Prisse d Avennes

Sahara, c1930s
Sahara. Immured within the green litter which sways perilously from side to side, a woman of Islam is borne across the desert, c1930s. From Geographical Magazine, Volume 5

A summer encampment in Balochistan, 1902. Artist: F Bremner
A summer encampment in Balochistan, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

A group of Brahui of East Balochistan, 1902. Artist: F Bremner
A group of Brahui of East Balochistan, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Lapland encampment, 1912. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. II. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1912]

The Voor-Trekkers, 1909. Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
The Voor-Trekkers, 1909. The Voortrekkers mainly consisted of Trekboer pastoralists and Cape Dutch citizens from the Eastern frontier of the Cape Colony who during the 1830s

The Arrival of a Tribe of Semitic Nomads in Egypt, 1895 BC, (1903). The Arrival of a Tribe of Semitic Nomads in Egypt, about the year 1895 B.C

Portrait of a Bedouin, c1920s. Plate taken From In the Land of the Pharaohs, published by Lehnert & Landrock (Cairo)

Hadendoan people, East Africa, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume I: Abyssinia to the British Empire

The tomb of a lama and an encampment, Mongolian desert, c1890. Nomads yurts around the tomb of a Buddhist monk. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII

Upper Kara-Kash valley, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XIII, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Nomad encampment, Sahara, c1890. Artist: Hildibrand
Nomad encampment, Sahara, c1890. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI, (Virtue & Co Limited, London, c1890)

Boghari village and market, c1890. Artist: Charles Barbant
Boghari village and market, c1890. Scene at a desert market, possibly Qasr el-Boukhari in Algeria. Illustration from The Universal Geography with Illustrations and Maps, Division XXI

Gipsies, 1936. From Peoples of the World in Pictures, edited by Harold Wheeler, published by Odhams Press Ltd (London, 1936)

Caravan camp, Sahara Desert, late 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Caravan camp, Sahara Desert, late 19th century. Berber or Bedouin family and their tents. Photograph from Portfolio of Photographs, of Famous Scenes, Cities and Paintings by John L Stoddard

Tziganes camping in the Puszta, 1886. Camp of nomads in the grasslands of eastern Hungary

Types and costumes in Lapland, 1879. Artist: Elix
Types and costumes in Lapland, 1879. Saami people from northern Scandinavia in traditional costume. The Saami were formerly known as Lapps or Laplanders, terms now considered derogatory

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