Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century Grimshaw captures a rain-soaked lane

Grimshaw captures a rain-soaked lane illuminated only by moonlight and the warm glow of a distant window

human effort

unaware of the strange dragon-like creature watching from the darkness below

a promontory on the island of Magerøya in northern Norway

intent on expelling the demons that came from the underworld on the earth

Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century Grimshaw captures a rain-soaked laneThis haunting illustration by Henrique Alvim Corra depicts a scene from H. G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds," showcasing one of the Martian machines towering over the River Thames. Created around 1906, it's part of a series of drawings Corra did for a special edition of the novel. The image conveys a sense of otherworldly invasion and menace, as the tripod's silhouette looms ominously against a dark, textured sky, while streetlamps and the rippling