The man and child are based on an illustration from the popular magazine La Nature (January 16, 1886).
“Man wearing an incombustible outfit saving a child from a fire.” From Guyot-Daubès, “Les Hommes incombustibles,” La Nature, year 14, part 1, no. 659 (January 16, 1886), p. [105]. Le Conservatoire numérique des Arts et Métiers, Paris