A Galvanized Corpse

Henry R. Robinson|Francis Preston Blair Jr.|Amos Kendall

1836 · Lithograph, hand-colored · Drawings and Prints

The Jacksonian editor Francis Preston Blair rises from his coffin, revived by a primitive galvanic battery. He is shown with two demons and another man (possibly Amos Kendall).

Artist

Henry R. Robinson|Francis Preston Blair Jr.|Amos Kendall

Date

1836

Medium

Lithograph, hand-colored

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by Exchange, 1970