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London: C.Motte, 1828. Lithograph on Chine appliqué, 9 1/4 x 8 1/8 inches (235 x 206 mm), full margins. First state (of 4). Extremely minor uniform age tone, otherwise in good condition. A superb, richly-inked impression. [Delteil 61.1]. At an early age Delacroix became a lover of music and literature and had been drawing from the time he entered school.  He expected painting would be a hobby, but on the death of his father he found he had to make his own way in life.  In 1817 he entered the studio of Pierre-Narcisse Guerin; amongst his fellow pupils was Gericault.  His first exhibited work was Dante and Virgil in 1822 in the Salon. His success in 1822 having brought him fame, Delacroix for a time led a busy social life.  He was a friend of Richard Parkes Bonington, who frequented the studio of Gros, and he became acquainted with Thales Fielding. Tradition has it that after seeing one of Constable's landscapes at a Parisian art dealer's, in the four days remaining before the opening of the… Read More