A Galvanized Corpse

Printed and published by Henry R. Robinson American
 Sitter Francis Preston Blair Jr. American
 Possibly represents Amos Kendall American

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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).

A Galvanized Corpse, Printed and published by Henry R. Robinson (American, died 1850), Lithograph, hand-colored

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