Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century excelling in painting

excelling in painting

balancing modern industry with poetic stillness

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

blending the realms of myth and astronomy

celebrating the quiet beauty of Trieste beneath the evening sky

Martian Machine Over the Thames | Henrique Alvim Corrêa | 1906 17th Century excelling in paintingThis 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