Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault , Delacroix was also inspired by Lord Byron , with whom he shared a strong identification with the `` forces of the sublime '' , of nature in often violent action .
Friend and spiritual heir to Théodore Géricault , Delacroix was also inspired by Byron , with whom he shared a strong identification with the `` forces of the sublime '' , of nature in often violent action .