3472261 The Natchez, 1823??4 and 1835 (oil on canvas) by Delacroix, Ferdinand Victor Eugene (1798-1863); 90.2 x 116.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Scene from Chateaubriand??? Romantic novel Atala about the Natchez tribe after the French and Indian War (1754??3). Delacroix wrote "Fleeing the massacre of their tribe, two young savages traveled up the Mississippi River. During the voyage, the woman was taken by pain of labor. The moment is that when the father holds the newborn in his hands, and both regard him tenderly." ); French, out of copyright.