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The Natchez, 1823–24 and 1835. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 35 1/2 x 46 in. (90.2 x 116.8 cm · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Romanticism
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- Museum title
- The Natchez
- Artist
- Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris)
- Date
- 1823–24 and 1835
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 35 1/2 x 46 in. (90.2 x 116.8 cm)
- Credit line
- Purchase, Gifts of George N. and Helen M. Richard and Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. McVeigh and Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, by exchange, 1989
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.







