Delacroix London sketchbook buy
Sketchbooks owned by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) featuring views of London have been bought by the Louvre Museum for €314,000 (£268,375).
The two books, hammered down at €49,000 (£41,880) and €265,000 (£226,495), were undertaken during the artist’s visit to England in 1825.