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Théodore Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa made a huge impression on the young Eugène Delacroix. The moment he came out of the artist’s studio, he started running ‘like a madman’ and didn’t stop until he reached his own room.
Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1819, this vast canvas, five yards high and eight yards long, thrilled and repelled observers in equal measure. Rolled up and shipped to London the following
