Storm at Sea on a Raft — Édouard Riou, Journey to the Center of the Earth

Raw adventure and desperate survival pulse through this engraving — three men aboard a crude wooden raft battered by violent storm waves, lightning slashing the turbulent sky above them. A standing figure braces against a steering oar while two companions huddle at the sail. This is a scene from Jules Verne's underground sea voyage, capturing the terrifying majesty of nature's fury within the hollow earth, rendered in Riou's masterful cross-hatched linework.