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Chronicle of his sickness April 1863, Delacroix falls seriously ill; May, departure from Champrosay, June 1, return to Paris to see his doctor, June 8 – July 1 last days at Champrosay, brought back dying to Paris; August 13 die at 6:00 p.m.at Furstemberg. The winter of 1862-63 was extremely rough for Eugene; he was suffering from a bad throat infection which seemed to get worse during the winter. On a trip to Champrosay, he met a friend on the train and he was so exhausted after having a conversation. On June 1st he returned to Paris to see his doctor. On June 16, he was getting better and returned to his house in the country. On July 15, he was so sick he went back to see his doctor who realized he could not do anything more for him, by then, the only food he could eat was fruit. Eugene realized his condition and wrote his Will, for all his friends he left a memento. For his trusted housekeeper, Jenny, he left enough for her to live on and ordered everything in his studio to be sold. “He also inserted a clause forbidding any representation of his features “whether by a death-mask or by drawing or by photography. I forbid it expressly” (Deslandres 1963). On August 13, at seven in the morning, Eugene Delacroix died.

Deslandres, Yvonne. Delacroix a pictorial biography. New York: The Viking Press, Inc., 1963.p.126