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Political guillotine by Henry Robinson, died 1850. Published 1848. satire critical of Lewis Cass and incumbent President James K. Polk. The work probably appeared prior to the Whig national convention (The convention nominated Taylor and Fillmore.) On a stone pavement above a moat, Lewis Cass (centre) presides over a grisly scene of execution. To the left of Cass stands Polk, wearing an executioner‘s smock and resting his hands upon an axe. A man named ‘Morton‘ lies on the block before them, having just been decapitated. His head falls into the moat, which holds the mutilated corpses of several previous victims. Above Cass and Polk the words ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin‘ appear in a burst of light. These words come from the Old Testament, Dan. 5: 25-28: ‘God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided, and giv、クレジット：Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ Ａｒｃｈｉｖｅ／ニューズコム／共同通信イメージズ ※エディトリアル使用のみ。広告、プロモーション、商業目的での利用に関してはお問合せください。
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Political guillotine by Henry Robinson
Political guillotine by Henry Robinson, died 1850. Published 1848. satire critical of Lewis Cass and incumbent President James K. Polk. The work probably appeared prior to the Whig national convention (The convention nominated Taylor and Fillmore.) On a stone pavement above a moat, Lewis Cass (centre) presides over a grisly scene of execution. To the left of Cass stands Polk, wearing an executioner‘s smock and resting his hands upon an axe. A man named ‘Morton‘ lies on the block before them, having just been decapitated. His head falls into the moat, which holds the mutilated corpses of several previous victims. Above Cass and Polk the words ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin‘ appear in a burst of light. These words come from the Old Testament, Dan. 5: 25-28: ‘God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Thy kingdom is divided, and giv、クレジット：Ｗｏｒｌｄ Ｈｉｓｔｏｒｙ Ａｒｃｈｉｖｅ／ニューズコム／共同通信イメージズ ※エディトリアル使用のみ。広告、プロモーション、商業目的での利用に関してはお問合せください。 
