(POLITICS) [John L Megee artist] The Sad Parting Between Two

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(POLITICS.) [John L. Megee, artist?] The Sad Parting Between Two Old Friends. Lithograph, 7 1/4 x 11 inches; minor foxing. [New York, 1851]

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A satire on the end of Thomas Hart Benton's 30-year term as United States Senator from Missouri. Benton is depicted as a ragged Irishman leaving the employ of a cabinetmaker's shop where "the Boss is all the time findin fault with me." Benton's pro-slavery nemesis John Calhoun can be seen scowling from the window of the "Shop of the Senate." Reilly 1851-3.