A Big Grayish Rounded Bulk

All Resolutions

768 px - 864 px - 1200 px - 1600 px - Raw Scan

A man leans back on a sloping ground as a creature with tentacles comes out of a large cylinder — A big greyish rounded bulk, the size, perhaps, of a bear, was rising slowly and painfully out of the cylinder. As it bulged up and caught the light, it glistened like wet leather. Two large dark-coloured eyes were regarding me steadfastly.

Artist

Name:: Corrêa, Henrique Alvim
Dates:: 1876-1910
Country:: Brazil

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Color process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The Duke University Libraries, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: La guerre des mondes
Author(s):: Wells, Herbert George
Publisher:: Brussels: L. Vandamme & Co., 1906
Open Library:: View record

Description

A man leans back on a sloping ground as a menacing creature with tentacles comes out of a large cylinder whose top is half undone.
The caption reads in the Belgian edition:

Une grosse masse grisâtre et ronde, de la grosseur à peu près d’un ours, s’élevait lentement et péniblement hors du cylindre. Au moment où elle parut en pleine lumière, elle eut des reflets de cuir mouillé. Deux grands yeux sombres me regardaient fixement.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, color, eerie, monster, science-fiction