[ Autographs ] EUGENE DELACROIX (1798 - 1863) French painter whose innovative style preceded the advent of Impressionism. His works alsograce the wall of the Louvre, Versailles, and the Hotel de Ville of Paris. A.L.S. "Eu Delacroix" 1p. 8vo., [n.p., Feb. 23, 1861, in Frenchto a gentleman. In part: "...After my last letter in which I hesitate to ask for tickets you will be surprised at a new insistence on my part. Would it really be an impossibility and beyond all common sense to obtain a single ticket? It is for the son of my dearest friend and I should be heartbroken to refuse him...". Tape remnants to verso, otherwise boldly written and very good.E300-500