ALS in French, signed vertically in the left margin, “Eug. Delacroix,” one page, 7.75 x 10, postmarked March 17, 1829. Letter about sending a picture to the exhibition of the British Institution. In part (translated): "My tableau [Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero] was sent to the British Institution exhibition which opens up much before the one of the Somerset House. But I think you do not have time to waste. I think you only have to send this picture to the president of the academy. However it would be better if you could have an artist or a member of the academy you may know to recommend it or to send it to him…The friend to whom I sent the picture is an artist but who is not so much known [Thales Fielding] has only sent the drawing to the exhibition venue.” Addressed on the reverse in Delacroix’s hand. In very good condition, with intersecting folds with small repaired edge separations (one such separation passing through the second letter of his signature), light creases and soiling, and paper loss to the upper right corner. One of Delacroix’s more enigmatic paintings, The Execution of the Doge Marino Faliero is a dramatic composition illustrating a scene from Marino Faliero, a historical tragedy by Lord Byron published and first performed in 1821. Desirable content from the French master. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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