829 - [NATIONAL ASSEMBLY]. DELACROIX, Eugène (1798–1863). Set of 3 sheets with handwritten annotations in pencil. 1840–1841 and undated. 1 p. ½ in-4 and 1 p. in-8.

[NATIONAL ASSEMBLY]. DELACROIX, Eugène (1798–1863). Set of 3 sheets with handwritten annotations in pencil. 1840–1841 and undated. 1 p. ½ in-4 and 1 p. in-8. EXCEPTIONAL WORKING DOCUMENTS FOR THE CEILING DECORATIONS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LIBRARY, HIS MASTERPIECE. Eugène Delacroix wrote notes and made three working sketches on three documents addressed to him. -On the reverse of the obituary notice for Maurice Levisthal, dated September 27, 1840, with Delacroix’s address on Rue du Marais Saint-Germain. October 1840 (postmark). “Astraea, or Justice. Descends to earth to put an end to the Iron Age and civil strife; Minerva and Mercury teaching mankind the arts of peace. Dictionary of La[?]. See Astraea. [Bust sketch]. Ovals or compartments in the style of the ceiling of [?] at [?]. “Triumph of [?]—triumph of justice; harmony appearing; civil strife; [‘peace’ crossed out]; the law repelling anarchy.” [Sketch depicting a cartouche or vault medallion]. -On the reverse of a partially printed dinner invitation from Mr. and Mrs. de Mirbel, for the evening of January 15, 1841, with Delacroix’s address on Rue du Marais Saint-Germain. January 13, 1841 (postmark). “See Guérin’s *Centaur* [a poem by Maurice de Guérin published in 1840 by George Sand in the *Revue des Deux Mondes*?] for the painting of Orpheus: include the centaurs rushing toward him—or rather, fleeing from him. Constantine at the head of his army, seeing the labarum in the sky. Horsemen, a forest of spears. Perhaps even better: the conversion of St. Paul. Jesus in the clouds. Paul knocked down [see sketch for the ceiling of the Palais Bourbon library, preserved at the Beaux-Arts, EBA 8311].” -On an envelope addressed solely to him. “July 11” undated: “In the medallions: Virtue. Justice. The Law. The senators slain in their curule chairs. Eloquence. Hercules subduing the monsters. Abolition of the slave trade. The genius of France bringing civilization to Africa. Greece rescued. War confined to its lairs in one of the corners. In the other [‘Anarchy’ crossed out], strength and moderation suppressing anarchy and similar monsters. The triumph of Liberty. On the reverse, a sketch depicting part of a dome with a staircase [?].