Off on a Comet — Roux Illustration, Sailors Hauled Aboard, 1877

A dramatic deck scene from Jules Verne's Off on a Comet (Hector Servadac), illustrated by Georges Roux. Crewmen strain to haul comrades up a rope ladder from turbulent, glowing waters near jagged cliffs, while an officer shouts commands from the elevated deck. The tense composition, with its churning sea and dark cross-hatched linework, captures a moment of peril at sea rather than a monster attack, consistent with Verne's tale of shipboard adventure amid cosmic upheaval.