Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg
"A Jack In Office"
Sir Edwin Landseer

The well-fed dog, perched far above his fellows, sits as "a jack in office" (a political functionary such as a judge, exercising arbitrary power). The "jack" literally looks down from his plush perch, to judge the ill-kept dogs below. (Note the two copper bowls within easy reach of the jack, well out of reach of the powerless others, below.)

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