Jules Verne's Castle in the Carpathians — Spy Glass Vigil, 1894

A tense nocturnal scene unfolds on a forested highland path: a group of shadowy figures huddles against rocky outcroppings as one man raises a telescope toward an eerie luminescence glowing over a distant valley. The atmospheric engraving, rich in cross-hatched shadow and dramatic silhouette, captures the Gothic suspense of Jules Verne's 1892 adventure novel — villagers and investigators spying on the mysterious, allegedly haunted Castle in the Carpathians, its supernatural phenomena hinting at early science-fictional technology.