Got your #Halloween2019 costume ready? Take inspiration from these ghoulish pieces from the Parliamentary Art Collection. ⤵️
Edward Hedge's etching shows a witch seated beside a cauldron decorated with a grotesque skull, evoking the ghostly figure of Oliver Cromwell, appearing from a cloud of smoke. It was originally published in February 1784 shortly before George III dissolved Parliament. 
John Doyle's lithograph from 1829 shows a group of Conservative ministers including the Duke of Wellington being confronted by the ghost of Prime Minister George Canning. In the scene the ghost addresses the group, “Now I am avenged”.
Tom Merry's scene shows the moment in Faust when Mephistopheles and his minions attempt to drag Doctor Faustus down into Hell. In this satire, William Ewart Gladstone appears in the character of Mephistopheles.
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