Gustave Doré – Giant Sea Creatures, Baron Munchausen (1862)

Beneath a turbulent ocean surface, two colossal sea monsters clash in the deep — a massive scaled beast with wild eyes and leonine mane confronts a spiny, grotesque fish-creature, while a tiny vessel and human figure are tossed helplessly above the waterline. This is the fantastical undersea world of Baron Munchausen's tall tales, rendered in Gustave Doré's signature engraving style: densely cross-hatched waves, mountainous sea-floor terrain, and creatures of impossible scale.