Codice albumGBB-F-007645

Codice inventarioGBB-F-007645-0000

1836, USA: Satyrical sketch by Henry Robinson. Rising of a corpse galvanized by a primitive galvanic battery. A pedestrian throws his arms in the air because of shock, saying: 'Had I not been born insensible to fear, now should I be most horribly afraid. Hence horrible shadow unreal mockery. Hence And yet it stays: can it be real. How it grows How malignity and venom are"blended in cadaverous union" in its countenance It must surely be a"galvanized corpse." But what do I feel The thing begins to draw me.. I can't withstand it. I shall hug it.. ' Two demons in the left down corner discussing. Fist demon:"There We've lost him, after all See they are bringing him to life again" Second demon: (holding a copy of Blair's newspaper, the"Globe)":"Lose him ha ha.. Rest you easy on that score. But can't you see that it's all for our gain that he should be galvanized into activity again Where have we his equal on earth especially since dear Amos Kendall, poor fellow, has got his hands so full, at the Post Office, that he can't write for us as he used to. Show me another man that can lie like him. They talk of Croswell influential editor of the"Albany Argus" and Van Buren ally Edwin Croswell but Harry is nothing to him. I doubt if I can beat him myself. Lose him a good joke that".The celebrated Italian physician GIOVANNI ALDINI (1762 1834). Nephew of celebrated scientist Luigi Galvani (1734 1819). His scientific work was chiefly concerned with galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications. Mary Shelley (1797-1851) would have been only 5 years old in January 1803 when Aldini experimented on the corpse of George Foster

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