Eugène DELACROIX and his friends, critics of Fine Arts.

Eugène Delacroix (1798.1863)

Autograph letter signed to the art critic Jules-Joseph Arnoux.

Two ½ in-8° pages.

Champrosay. Sunday morning (no date)

“A scruple presented itself to my mind which I had not thought of.”

Long letter from Delacroix, uncomfortable and shared between his two friends who were critics of the Fine Arts.

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“My dear Arnoux, forgive me for the delay in this letter. Since I saw you, I have found myself in continual comings and goings. A scruple presented itself to my mind that I had not thought of. In the first moment and when we barely saw each other and I regret it all the more since you could perhaps have lifted it that very moment. very great obligations to [Théophile] It is therefore very essential that you can assure me that he renounces writing fine arts articles in the newspaper. There would be something odious on my part to help put someone in their place, as long as they do not give up their own right to be part of the editorial staff. You could perhaps obtain specific information from one of his close friends, since it is likely that in the circumstances in which he finds himself, it must be difficult to contact him. You see me more upset than you yourself will perhaps be at the difficulty I am exposing to you. Only attribute it, my dear Arnoux, to a feeling that you would approve of in my place. Don't think that it costs me in the least to support you with Mr. Véron. Without being specifically linked to him, I find myself in the position to ask him with the greatest ease for a kindness of this nature. So try to inform yourself as soon as possible and respond in the same way to Mr. Eugène Delacroix in Champrosay Seine et Oise. I send you a thousand devoted friendships and new expressions. Ugh. Delacroix. »