French submarine 'Saphir' (Q44) and five others moving from Gravesend to London, July 1909 Finish:20-pack From left to right: gold

From left to right: gold

Plate 2 from Plates Illustrative of the Researches in Egypt and Nubia by Giovanni Battista Belzoni

looks with greedy satisfaction towards a sieve of food inscribed

Referred to in the text as 'The active gibbon'

French submarine 'Saphir' (Q44) and five others moving from Gravesend to London, July 1909 Finish:20-pack From left to right: goldFrench submarine 'Saphir' (Q44) and five others moving from Gravesend to London, July 1909. A submarine of the 'Emeraude' class, the 'Saphir' was launched in 1908. She was sunk on 15 January 1915 when she struck a mine in the Dardanelles. A print from L'Illustration, 24 July 1909.