Martian Mechanisms

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The streets of a devastated city are strewn with the remnants of robot-like machines — In one week the examination of the Martian mechanisms had yielded astonishing results.

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

The streets of a devastated city are strewn with the remnants of robot-like machines around which a few people have been allowed, while the crowd is kept at bay.
The caption reads in this Belgian edition: En une seule semaine l’examen des mécanismes marsiens avait donné des résultats surprenants.

Keywords: 1900s, 20th century, cityscape, color, machine, science-fiction, street