The devil conjures a vision of Britannia for Gladstone who plays the role of Faust; a presentation cartoon from the 'St Stephens' Review', 12 December 1885 Colour lithograph

Faust and Mephistopheles by Ary Scheffer {1848}

The illustrator and stained-glass designer fused Irish and European traditions to create an intriguing new idiom, writes Tom Walker

FAUST poster by Roland Holst & Richard Nicholaus (1918) (detail) #faust #devil #thedevil

Faust and Marguerite in the Garden Art by Dutch-French Romantic painter Ary Scheffer (1795 – 1858)

F. Simm, "Homunculus," from Faust. 1899.

Mephistopheles is a demon known for his involvement in dealings that occurred between an ambitious scholar named Faust and the Devil. Faust made a deal with the Devil at the price of his soul, with Mephistopheles acting as the Devil's agent. He sometimes appears in the form of a greyhound with fiery red eyes, and also appears in various forms throughout history. Despite the fact that Mephistopheles appears to Faustus as a demon – a worker for Lucifer – he does not search for men to corrupt…

Gretchen poisoned her mother and drowned her baby; she is now in jail awaiting execution. Faust wants to rescue her, but Mephistopheles isn’t bothered.

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