For the last #WellingtonWednesday before Halloween, a ghostly vision.

In Isaac Cruikshank& #39;s caricature & #39;A Vision of Judgement& #39; (c1829), Wellington is haunted by a vision of Charon rowing three ghostly figures across the River Styx (a reference to Dante& #39;s & #39;Inferno& #39;).

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The first seated figure is Canning& #39;s ghost, holding a flag bearing the words & #39;Turkey, Portugal, Russia.& #39; The image is meant to criticise Wellington& #39;s handling of foreign policy generally, and specifically the Eastern Question and the Portuguese constitutionalist movement.

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The second standing figure is Castlereagh& #39;s ghost, whose neck is still bleeding from his suicide. The last seated figure is Perceval& #39;s ghost, whose shirt is still spattered with blood from the bullet that killed him in the lobby of the House of Commons.

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Charon says ominously to Wellington & #39;I hope your Grace will not forget my fee,& #39; implying that he will be rowing Wellington across the Styx and into Hell to join his colleagues.

Canning adds & #39;and then remember me.& #39; Castlereagh and Perceval both echo & #39;...and me.& #39;

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