British Travellers in Arabia exhibition

The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, 15 Curzon Street, London, W1J 5DZ
28 September - 3 October 2004
10.00am to 7.00pm daily admission free

The Exhibition is dedicated to the first "British Travellers in Arabia" and is open from Tuesday 28 September until and including Sunday 3 October 2004. It will consist of an offering of photographic images; video and archive material taken by the earliest Western explorers of Saudi Arabia and for the first time will be exhibited as one single collection.

On display will be timeless images by T.E. Lawrence, Bertram Thomas, William Shakespear, Gerald de Gaury and Gerard Leachman and photographs of Wilfred Thesiger, Gertrude Bell and Harry St. John Philby and biographical accounts of and writings exhibited by Lady Anne Blunt and Charles Doughty, but to name a few.

The Exhibition will be complimented by a series of lectures given by three distinguished students of Arabia in the early 20th Century.

The lecture itinerary is as follows (All lectures will take place at 5.30 p.m. and will last approximately 1 hour):

Tuesday 28 September 2004

St. John Armitage
(Fmr Military Adviser to Saudi Arabian Minister of Defence 1949-51 & Charge d'Affaires in the British Diplomatic Service in Jedda in 1969 & 1973)

- "British Travellers in Arabia"

Wednesday 29 September 2004

Victor Winstone
(Reporter and features writer with weekly journals and financial features agency from 1947.)

- "William Shakespear, Lady Anne Blunt, Gertrude Bell, Gerard Leachman & R. E. Cheesman"

Thursday 30 September 2004

Professor Leslie McLoughlin
(Department of Islamic Studies, Exeter University)

- "Harry St. John Philby, Wifred Thesiger & Bertram Thomas"

http://www.saudiembassy.org.uk/news-and-press-releases/British%20Explorers%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia.htm

For further information please contact:

Beth Brunton
Bell Pottinger Public Affairs
330 Holborn Gate
London WC1A 7QC
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