Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century balancing modern industry with poetic

balancing modern industry with poetic stillness

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

Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century balancing modern industry with poeticThis 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