Man Flees Reptilian Beast in Ruined Arches — Victorian Sci-Fi Pen-and-Ink

Likely drawn from H.G. Wells or Jules Verne's lost-world tradition, this tense pen-and-ink scene depicts a man pressing himself into a shadowed archway as a low-slung, lizard-like creature with a whipping tail advances across stone-flagged ruins. The architectural decay — crumbling arches open to daylight — evokes a forgotten civilization reclaimed by prehistoric predators. The creature's splayed claws and flattened, crocodilian silhouette suggest a surviving dinosaur or alien beast, hallmarks of Victorian speculative fiction.