DELACROIX (Eugène). - Lot 84

DELACROIX (Eugène). Born in Charenton-Saint-Maurice. 1798-1863. French painter, watercolorist, draughtsman and lithographer. L.A.S. "Eug. Delacroix". S.l.n.d., ce 26. 1 page in-8 BEAUTIFUL LETTER FROM THE ROMANTIC PAINTER ON THE SUBJECT OF ONE OF HIS PAINTINGS HANGING AT A PAINTING SHOW: ...I thank you a thousand times over, my dear Sir: I had stopped by to talk to you about an apprehension concerning the painting in question. I would very much like it to be seen downstairs and on the left-hand side of the gallery where the light is better...Please note that I would only ask this favor for a limited time and on the condition, if necessary, that my other paintings be brought up. Alphonse de Cailleux was deputy director of the Louvre and director of the Royal Museums before being appointed director general of Fine Arts. A royalist, he resigned from all his posts after the fall of Louis-Philippe.